押おし合あい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

jostling; crowding; pushing and shoving

Refers to a situation where people push against each other in a crowded space, or metaphorically to a scramble or competition.

• 電でん車しゃの中なかで押おし合あいになった。

  There was jostling on the train.

• セール会かい場じょうは押おし合あいへし合あいの大だい混こん雑ざつだった。

  The sale venue was a huge crush of people pushing and shoving.