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押し掛ける (おしかける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

押おし掛かける

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Meanings

1

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.

2

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.

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%

Kanji

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

Similar words

押おし入いる
押し入る means to break into a place (often with criminal intent), while 押し掛ける focuses on arriving uninvited or in large numbers, not necessarily involving forced entry.
詰つめかける
詰めかける is similar to sense 2 of 押し掛ける, but emphasizes packing tightly into a space. 押し掛ける can also imply a sense of intrusion or lack of invitation.

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.