押

Meaning

押 centers on applying force to move, hold, or mark something: pushing, pressing, or shoving an object; stopping or subduing movement; attaching a seal or weight; and doing something in spite of resistance.

• 押しおし
  N1

  push; pushing

• 押すおす
  N5

  to push; to thrust; to shove

• 押し付けおしつけ

  imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

• 後押しあとおし
  N1

  pushing; support; backing; supporter; backer

• 押し出しおしだし

  pushing something out; extrusion

• 押収おうしゅう

  seizure; confiscation

• 押し付けるおしつける
  N2

  to press against; to push against; to force against

• ゴリ押しごりおし

  pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

• 差し押さえさしおさえ

  seizure; attachment; foreclosure

• 押しかけおしかけ

  uninvited (visitor)

• 押さえるおさえる
  N2

  to pin down; to hold down; to press down; to hold in place; to hold steady

• 押し上げおしあげ

  upheaval; upthrust; uplift

• 押入れおしいれ
  N4

  closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe

• 長押なげし

  beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms

• 押し倒しおしたおし

  oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body

• 押し寄せるおしよせる
  N1

  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

• 押し出すおしだす

  to crowd out; to push out; to squeeze out

• 押し売りおしうり
  N1

  high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesman

• 押し込むおしこむ
  N2

  to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into

• 押し進めるおしすすめる

  to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

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