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押し寄せる (oshiyoseru) Japanese meaning: surge forward | Kotomora
JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 押し寄せる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 押お し 寄よ せる 押お し 寄よ せない Polite 押お し 寄よ せます 押お し 寄よ せません Past polite 押お し 寄よ せました 押お し 寄よ せませんでした Past 押お し 寄よ せた 押お し 寄よ せなかった Te-form 押お し 寄よ せて 押お し 寄よ せないで Desire 押お し 寄よ せたい 押お し 寄よ せたくない Potential 押お し 寄よ せられる also 押お し 寄よ せれる 押お し 寄よ せられない also 押お し 寄よ せれない Passive 押お し 寄よ せられる 押お し 寄よ せられない Causative 押お し 寄よ せさせる 押お し 寄よ せさせない Causative passive 押お し 寄よ せさせられる 押お し 寄よ せさせられない Volitional 押お し 寄よ せよう Polite volitional 押お し 寄よ せましょう Imperative 押お し 寄よ せろ 押お し 寄よ せるな Conditional 押お し 寄よ せれば 押お し 寄よ せなければ Tara conditional 押お し 寄よ せたら 押お し 寄よ せなかったら
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The audience surged toward the stage.
High waves are surging onto the shore due to the typhoon.
Nostalgic memories came flooding back all at once.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 〈 人ひと 〉 が 押お し 寄よ せる a crowd of people surges into a place
On the first day of the sale, a huge crowd of customers flooded into the store.
波なみ が 押お し 寄よ せる waves surge in (toward the shore)
Because of the typhoon, huge waves surged onto the shore.
〈 事こと 〉 が 押お し 寄よ せる a flood of feelings, memories, or pressures comes rushing in
Kanji 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near Related words 殺到する stresses a rush converging on one single point (like inquiries or applications), while 押し寄せる describes a mass moving forward together, often physically like a wave or crowd.
押し寄せる is the general word for crowds, armies, or abstract forces surging forward, while 打ち寄せる specifically evokes the wave-like motion of water (or things carried by it) breaking onto shore.
押し寄せる emphasizes a surging, forceful arrival (like waves or crowds), whereas 流れ込む focuses on continuous, flowing movement into a place.
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.
Don't confuse with 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.
Written forms 押お し 寄よ せる Usage 84%
押お しよせる Usage 7%
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おしよせる Usage 6%
押おし 寄よ せる Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 押し (push) + 寄せる (bring near, let approach). The combination yields the sense of pushing forward and drawing near en masse.
As graduation approached, a flood of memories came rushing back all at once.
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おし 寄よ せる Usage 1%
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