押し
Meanings
Noun
1. push; pushing
2. weight; pressure
3. authority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence
Prefix
4. to forcibly ...; to strongly ... (before a verb)
Noun
5. push; pushing; extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stones (Usually kana, usu. オシ)
Other spellings
圧しおし
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
おし
Used in vocabulary
押し出し
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
Noun
目白押し
jostling; milling about; crush; being jammed together; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
Noun
押し売り
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesman; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
Noun
Examples8
君 は 押し が 足りない。
You don't have enough push.
あなた は ボタン を 押し さえすれば いい。
All you have to do is press the button.
彼 は 押し が 強い。
He is influential.
彼 は 商売 で 成功 する だけ の 押し の 強さ が ない。
He is not aggressive enough to succeed in business.
ドア を 押し 開けられます か。
Can you push the door open?
彼 には 商売 で 成功 できる だけ の 押し の 強さ が ない。
He is not aggressive enough to succeed in business.