押おさえる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hold down; press down; pin down

Physical action of pressing or holding something in place to prevent movement.

• 風かぜで飛とばないように、書しょ類るいを文ぶん鎮ちんで押おさえた。

  I held the papers down with a paperweight so they wouldn't blow away.

• 彼かれは倒たおれた相あい手てを床ゆかに押おさえつけた。

  He pinned the fallen opponent to the floor.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cover with hand; clutch in pain; press body part

Used when a person covers, clutches, or presses a part of their own body, often due to pain or to protect it.

• 彼かの女じょは痛いたむお腹なかを手てで押おさえた。

  She clutched her aching stomach with her hand.

• 転ころんだとき、ひざを押おさえてうずくまった。

  When I fell, I crouched down pressing my knee.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

seize; catch; arrest

Figurative extension of physical holding: to capture, apprehend, or secure something or someone.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを現げん場ばで押おさえた。

  The police arrested the suspect at the scene.

• 彼かれはチャンスをしっかり押おさえた。

  He firmly seized the opportunity.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

grasp a point; comprehend

To understand or capture the essence of an idea or argument.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいで要よう点てんを押おさえることができた。

  I was able to grasp the main points from his explanation.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

reserve; secure; hold a slot

To reserve or secure something abstract like time, space, or availability; often used with 日程, 席, 枠.

• 会かい議ぎのために午ご後ごの時じ間かんを押おさえておいてください。

  Please reserve the afternoon time slot for the meeting.

• 人にん気きのレストランの席せきを押おさえた。

  I secured a seat at the popular restaurant.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

suppress; quell; hold back

To control or restrain something undesirable such as emotions, riots, or inflation. Often interchangeable with 抑える in this sense.

See also: 抑える (おさえる)

• 彼かれは怒いかりを必ひっ死しで押おさえた。

  He desperately held back his anger.

• 政せい府ふは物ぶっ価かの上じょう昇しょうを押おさえようとしている。

  The government is trying to curb rising prices.