押し

おし

Also written オシ, 圧し

Meanings

1. Noun push; pushing
2. weight; pressure
3. authority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence
4. Prefix to forcibly ...; to strongly ... (before a verb)
5. Noun push; pushing (i.e.: extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stones) (usu. オシ)

Kanji

• 押 push. Read as おし.

Example sentences

• 君にそれをやる気があるならあと押ししよう。
  I'll stand behind you if you are going to do it.
• 彼は商売で成功するだけの押しの強さがない。
  He is not aggressive enough to succeed in business.
• 彼には商売で成功できるだけの押しの強さがない。
  He is not aggressive enough to succeed in business.
• 彼は押しが強い。
  He is influential.
• トムは押しに弱い人だ。
  Tom is a pushover.

Common phrases

• 押しも押されもせぬ (おしもおされもせぬ) of established reputation
• 押しが強い

Words containing 押し

• 押し付ける (おしつける) to press against
• 押し入る (おしいる) to push in
• 押し込む (おしこむ) to push into

And 139 more.

Word lists

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• Spoken

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists