The door opened with one more push.
pressure; weight; pressing force
Refers to the force or weight applied by pressing down or pushing, as in stamping, packing, or weighting something.
判子は押しが弱いと文字がかすれる。
If the pressure on the seal is too weak, the characters come out faint.
漬物は押しが足りないと水が上がらない。
If there is not enough weight on the pickles, the liquid will not rise.
forcefulness; boldness; persistence; authority
Used for the force of a person's manner or argument. 押しが強い can mean assertive or pushy, depending on context.
彼女は押しが強くて、交渉に強い。
She is forceful and good at negotiations.
営業にはある程度の押しも必要だ。
Sales work requires a certain amount of persistence too.
forcibly; strongly; persistently
Only when written 押し
Prefix-like 押し before verbs, adding the idea of pushing through, forcing, or doing something strongly. It is found in compounds such as 押し切る and 押し通す rather than used freely before any verb.
彼は反対を押し切って計画を進めた。
He pushed ahead with the plan despite opposition.
最後まで自分の意見を押し通した。
She stuck firmly to her opinion to the end.
push in Go; pushing move
Only with reading オシ
Go term, usually written オシ, for extending one's stones forward by pushing against the opponent's stones.
黒のオシに、白は素直にノビた。
White simply extended in response to Black's push.
この形ではオシよりハネが厳しい。
In this shape, a hane is more severe than a push.
The boss pressured his subordinate to hurry the work along.
He's someone whose influence carries real weight in the industry.
press against; push against; force against · foist on; impose; force upon
pushing through; bulldozing; forcing one's way
uninvited; unexpected; without notice
upheaval; uplift; upthrust
oshitaoshi; frontal push-down
surge forward; advance on; flood in
push out; crowd out; squeeze out · set out en masse; start together · highlight; draw attention to; emphasize
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; hard sell · forcing something on someone; imposing
push into; stuff into; cram into; crowd into · break into; burgle; force one's way in
push forward; forge ahead; advance
push up; boost; force up
forcing in; pushing in; stuffing · burglary; burglar · closet
pushing by hand; hand-operated
straw cutter; short mane · pressing and cutting
jostling; crowding; being packed together · packed with; full of; chock-full of
foil stamping; hot stamping · gold tooling; gilt tooling
making doubly sure; extra confirmation · insurance run; extra points for good measure
forced entry; breaking in; burglar or intruder
push through; overcome opposition; force one's way · press and cut; cut by pressing
push through; carry through; persist in
barge in; gatecrash; show up uninvited · flock to; crowd into; converge on
crush; squash; flatten · quash; suppress; crush (opposition)
push down and hold; pin down; knock down
pressed flower
arguing back and forth; verbal tug-of-war
push back; force back; repel · refuse and return; give back (forcefully)
jostling; crowding; pushing and shoving