押おし

noun

push; pushing

The act or effect of pushing something physically. Often appears in compounds or phrases such as 一押し, meaning one more push.

• もう一ひと押おしでドアが開あいた。

  The door opened with one more push.

noun

pressure; weight; pressing force

Refers to the force or weight applied by pressing down or pushing, as in stamping, packing, or weighting something.

• 判はん子こは押おしが弱よわいと文も字じがかすれる。

  If the pressure on the seal is too weak, the characters come out faint.

• 漬つけ物ものは押おしが足たりないと水みずが上あがらない。

  If there is not enough weight on the pickles, the liquid will not rise.

noun

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.

• 彼かの女じょは押おしが強つよくて、交こう渉しょうに強つよい。

  She is forceful and good at negotiations.

• 営えい業ぎょうにはある程てい度どの押おしも必ひつ要ようだ。

  Sales work requires a certain amount of persistence too.

prefix

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.

• 彼かれは反はん対たいを押おし切きって計けい画かくを進すすめた。

  He pushed ahead with the plan despite opposition.

• 最さい後ごまで自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを押おし通とおした。

  She stuck firmly to her opinion to the end.

noun

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.

• 黒くろのオシに、白しろは素す直なおにノビた。

  White simply extended in response to Black's push.

• この形かたちではオシよりハネが厳きびしい。

  In this shape, a hane is more severe than a push.