押おし掛かける

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押し掛ける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	押おし掛かける	押おし掛かけない
Polite	押おし掛かけます	押おし掛かけません
Past polite	押おし掛かけました	押おし掛かけませんでした
Past	押おし掛かけた	押おし掛かけなかった
Te-form	押おし掛かけて	押おし掛かけないで
Desire	押おし掛かけたい	押おし掛かけたくない
Potential	押おし掛かけられるalso 押おし掛かけれる	押おし掛かけられないalso 押おし掛かけれない
Passive	押おし掛かけられる	押おし掛かけられない
Causative	押おし掛かけさせる	押おし掛かけさせない
Causative passive	押おし掛かけさせられる	押おし掛かけさせられない
Volitional	押おし掛かけよう
Polite volitional	押おし掛かけましょう
Imperative	押おし掛かけろ	押おし掛かけるな
Conditional	押おし掛かければ	押おし掛かけなければ
Tara conditional	押おし掛かけたら	押おし掛かけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

barge in; gatecrash; show up uninvited

Used when someone arrives or enters without being invited, often in a pushy or unexpected way. Can be used for individuals or groups.

友とも達だちが突とつ然ぜん家いえに押おし掛かけてきた。
My friend barged into my house without warning.
パーティーに押おし掛かけるのはやめてください。
Please don't gatecrash the party.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

flock to; crowd into; converge on

Describes a large number of people arriving at a place all at once, often overwhelming it. Common in news reports about crowds.

新しん発はつ売ばいのスマホを求もとめて、店みせに客きゃくが押おし掛かけた。
Customers flocked to the store for the newly released smartphone.
避ひ難なん所じょに被ひ災さい者しゃが押おし掛かけた。
Disaster victims crowded into the shelter.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の家いえに押おしかけるto show up uninvited at someone's house
彼かれは突とつ然ぜん、私わたしの家いえに押おしかけてきた。
He suddenly showed up uninvited at my house.
〈人ひと〉のところへ押おしかけるto barge in on someone (at their place or workplace)
ファンが芸げい能のう人じんのところへ押おしかけた。
Fans barged in on the celebrity.
〈場ば所しょ〉に押おしかけるfor a crowd to flock to a place all at once
セール初しょ日にち、店みせに大おお勢ぜいの客きゃくが押おしかけた。
On the first day of the sale, a huge crowd flocked into the store.
抗こう議ぎに押おしかけるto storm in to lodge a protest
住じゅう民みんたちが市し役やく所しょに抗こう議ぎに押おしかけた。
Residents stormed into city hall to protest.

Kanji

押push, stop, check
掛hang, suspend, depend

Related words

詰つめ掛かける sense 2
詰めかける emphasizes a crowd packing tightly into a space, while 押しかける can also carry a sense of intrusion or arriving uninvited.
押おし寄よせるN1sense 2
押し寄せる describes a surge of people or things converging on a place, similar to 押しかける's sense of crowds flocking somewhere, but without the nuance of being uninvited.
怒ど鳴なり込こむ
押しかける means to show up somewhere uninvited or forcefully, while 怒鳴り込む specifically implies doing so while shouting in anger.

Don't confuse with

押おし入いる sense 1
押し入る means to forcibly break into a place, often with criminal intent, whereas 押しかける simply means to show up uninvited without implying force or crime.
押おし寄よせるN1
押し掛ける means to show up somewhere uninvited or in a pushy, intrusive way, whereas 押し寄せる just describes the powerful, wave-like forward movement itself without implying intrusion.

Word family

押おしかけ
uninvited; unexpected; without notice
押おし掛かけ女にょう房ぼう
woman who forced her way into marriage; self-invited wife

Written forms

押おし掛かけるUsage11%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
押おしかけるUsage80%
Common variant with okurigana かける instead of 掛ける.
おしかけるUsage9%

Etymology

Compound of 押し (push) + 掛ける (go toward, hang). The literal image is of pushing one's way toward a place, leading to the meanings of arriving uninvited or in a crowd.