押 — push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

Readings

On'yomi

オウ

Kun'yomi

お.すお.し-お.っ-お.さえるおさ.える

Example words

• 押すおす(1) to push; to press (2) to apply pressure from above; to press down (3) to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal (4) to affix (e.g. gold leaf) (5) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence (6) to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress (7) to push (events along); to advance (a plan) (8) to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force (9) to make sure (10) to be pressed for time (11) to advance troops; to attack (12) (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface
• 押し入れおしいれcloset
• 押し切るおしきる(1) to face down the opposition; to overcome resistance; to have one's own way (2) to press and cut
• 押し込むおしこむ(1) to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into (2) to break in; to burglarize
• 押し寄せるおしよせるto advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside