vigorously; suddenly; with force
Emphatic verbal prefix used before verbs to add a sense of doing something vigorously, suddenly, or with force. Common in colloquial and informal speech. Often written in kana.
He suddenly dashed out of the classroom.
I threw the blanket over him vigorously.
rushing off in a flurry; scurrying unprepared · rushing to an emergency with sword in hand
hang over; cover; loom over · take on a burden; become a burden; weigh on
cover; put on top; lay over
throw out; fire; expel; abandon; neglect
Rare kanji form, occasionally seen in literary or emphatic contexts.
Rare kanji form, occasionally seen in literary or emphatic contexts.
Derived from the emphatic prefix 押し (oshi) or 追い (oi), contracted to おっ before certain verbs. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it functions as an intensifier in modern colloquial Japanese.