japanese.tips

押 push

Meaningpush; stop; check; subdue
Onオウ
Kunお.す、お.し-、お.っ-、お.さえる、おさ.える
Strokes8
First metN5 lesson 28, in 押す

Stroke order

Words

WordReadingMeaningLevel
押すおすto pushN5
押さえるおさえるto hold down, suppressN4
押入れおしいれJapanese sliding closetN4
押し合うおしあうto jostle, push one anotherN4
箔押しはくおしfoil stampingN3
押収おうしゅうseizureN2
押収令状おうしゅうれいじょうseizure warrantN2
差し押さえさしおさえseizure, attachmentN1
押し戻すおしもどすto push back, repelN1
押し切りおしきりpush-cutting strokeN1

Examples

おいおいタロー、無理(むり)に一人(ひとり)で押(お)すんじゃない!前(まえ)の敷居(しきい)に高(たか)い段差(だんさ)があるぞ。

Whoa there, Taro, don't force it forward alone! There's a high level difference on the threshold ahead. (N4 lesson 4)

繊細(せんさい)な鱗(うろこ)と銀色(ぎんいろ)のぬめりを傷(きず)つけぬよう刃先(はさき)で優(やさ)しく払(はら)い、内臓(ないぞう)を包(つつ)む黒(くろ)い腹膜(ふくまく)を破(やぶ)らずに取(と)り除(のぞ)く。細胞(さいぼう)を潰(つぶ)す押(お)し切(き)りは厳禁(げんきん)だ。柳刃(やなぎば)の刃(は)元(もと)から切(き)っ先(さき)までを長(なが)く使(つか)い、疾風(しっぷう)の如(ごと)き引(ひ)き切(き)りの一手(いって)で、透(す)き通(とお)るような背(せ)ごしを切(き)り落(お)としてみせよう。

Brushing gently with the tip of the blade so as not to damage the delicate scales and the silvery slime, I remove the black membrane around the innards without breaking it. Push-cutting, which crushes the cells, is strictly forbidden. Using the yanagiba's whole length from heel to point, with a single draw-slice as swift as a gale, I'll cut off a see-through, bone-in sego-shi slice. (N1 lesson 158)