押おす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

push; shove; thrust

Basic physical action: moving something or someone away or forward by applying force.

• ドアを押おして開あけてください。

  Please push the door open.

• 人ひとを後うしろから押おさないでください。

  Please don't push people from behind.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

press down; press a button; apply pressure

Only when written 押す / 圧す

Used when pressing downward or inward, especially buttons, switches, keys, or a spot on the body. 圧す is a attested but search-only spelling for the pressure nuance.

• このボタンを押おすと、ドアが開あきます。

  If you press this button, the door opens.

• 痛いたいところを強つよく押おさないでください。

  Please don't press hard on the painful spot.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

stamp; affix a seal

Only when written 押す / 捺す

Common with 印鑑, 判, はんこ, and similar words meaning to stamp or affix a seal. 捺す is a specialized search-only spelling for this use.

• 契けい約やく書しょに印いん鑑かんを押おしてください。

  Please stamp your seal on the contract.

• ここに判はんを押おせば手て続つづきは終おわりです。

  Once you stamp your seal here, the procedure is finished.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

apply by pressing on; affix gold leaf

Specialized craft use, especially for pressing or applying thin material such as gold leaf onto a surface.

• 職しょく人にんが仏ぶつ像ぞうに金きん箔ぱくを押おす。

  The artisan applies gold leaf to the Buddhist statue.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

press someone; push someone to agree; put pressure on

Social or persuasive pressure rather than physical force; often appears in passive forms such as 押されて when someone gives in to pressure.

• 店てん員いんに強つよく押おされて、高たかいプランを契けい約やくしてしまった。

  The salesperson pressed me hard, and I ended up signing up for an expensive plan.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

be overwhelmed; be overpowered; be outmatched

Only when written 押す / 圧す

Usually used in the passive, as in 勢いに押される or 迫力に押される, where one is overwhelmed by another force, mood, or opponent.

• 相あい手ての迫はく力りょくに押おされて、何なにも言いえなかった。

  I was overwhelmed by the other person's intensity and couldn't say anything.

• 終しゅう盤ばんは相あい手ての勢いきおいに押おされた。

  In the final stage, we were overpowered by the opponent's momentum.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

push ahead; proceed with; stick to

Intransitive strategic use, often with で: to keep pushing a policy, plan, opinion, or stance without changing course.

• 会かい議ぎではこの案あんで押おすつもりです。

  At the meeting, I intend to push ahead with this proposal.

• 彼かれは最さい後ごまで強つよ気きで押おした。

  He stuck with an aggressive stance to the end.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

do despite; brave; push aside

Fixed pattern ...を押して..., meaning to go ahead despite illness, opposition, bad weather, or another obstacle.

• 彼かれは病びょう気きを押おして会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきした。

  He attended the meeting despite being ill.

• 救きゅう助じょ隊たいは嵐あらしを押おして現げん場ばへ向むかった。

  The rescue team braved the storm and headed to the site.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

make sure; double-check; emphasize as a reminder

Most commonly used in the fixed expression 念を押す, meaning to make sure by checking or reminding someone explicitly.

See also: 念を押す

• 集しゅう合ごう時じ間かんを間ま違ちがえないよう、彼かれに何なん度ども念ねんを押おした。

  I reminded him again and again so he would not get the meeting time wrong.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

run late; fall behind schedule

Intransitive schedule use: a meeting, work, construction, or program is taking longer than planned.

• 会かい議ぎが押おして、昼ひる休やすみが短みじかくなった。

  The meeting ran late, so the lunch break became shorter.

• 工こう事じは予よ定ていより一いっ週しゅう間かん押おしている。

  The construction work is one week behind schedule.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

push in go; extend stones forward against an opponent

Go-game terminology for a move that advances one's stones by pushing against the opponent's stones.

See also: 押し

• 黒くろは右う辺へんで押おして、白しろに受うけさせた。

  Black pushed on the right side, forcing White to respond.