Oshi

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押し (Oshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “push, pushing, weight, pressure”.

Meanings

  1. nounpush; pushing
  2. nounweight; pressure
  3. nounauthority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence
  4. prefixto forcibly ...; to strongly ...before a verb
  5. nounpush; pushing; extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stonesusu. オシ

Examples

  • He is influential.

  • Push the button, please.

  • Can you push the door open?

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 押し

push

Related words

to pushto pin downblood pressureto press againstseizureoverwhelmingpressureto push intopressuregaining total control (of people or counties)to push into overcome (opposition)