Kanji 追 chase, drive away, follow Word family arm-bar hold to prevent belt grip
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
Written forms 押お っ
Rare kanji form, occasionally seen in literary or emphatic contexts.
追お っ
Rare kanji form, occasionally seen in literary or emphatic contexts.
Etymology 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.
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