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押し おし

  1. push; pushing
  2. pressure; weight
  3. audacity; authority; boldness; forcefulness; persistence
  4. to forcibly ...; to strongly ...
  5. extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stones; push; pushing

押し切る おしきる N1

  1. to force one's way; to overcome (opposition); to push past
  2. to press and cut

押し込む おしこむ N1

  1. to cram into; to crowd into; to push into; to stuff into
  2. to break in; to burglarize; to burgle

押し付ける おしつける

  1. to force against; to press against; to push against
  2. to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

押し入り おしいり

  1. breaking into; burglar

押し入る おしいる

  1. to break in (e.g. into a house); to force into; to intrude; to push in

押し出し おしだし

  1. extrusion; pushing something out
  2. appearance; presence
  3. run walked in
  4. pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them

押し問答 おしもんどう

  1. arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

押し売り おしうり

  1. aggressive peddling; high-pressure salesman; high-pressure selling; the hard sell
  2. forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

押し寄せる おしよせる N1

  1. to advance on; to close in; to descend on (the enemy); to inundate; to march on; to move towards; to overwhelm; to push aside; to rush for (the door); to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
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