押し切る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
押切る

Etymology

Compound of 押し (oshi, to press, the <ruby>連用形<rp>(</rp><rt>れんようけい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (osu)) + 切る (kiru, to cut)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しき [òshíkíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕikʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

()() • (oshikiru) transitive godan (stem <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (oshikiri), past <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>った (oshikitta))

  1. to overcome (opposition), to push past, to force one's way
    <ruby>野党<rp>(</rp><rt>やとう</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>反対<rp>(</rp><rt>はんたい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>()()って<ruby>法案<rp>(</rp><rt>ほうあん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby><rp>(</rp><rt>とお</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
    yatō no hantai o oshikitte hōan o tōsu
    to overcome the opposing party's opposition and pass the bill
  2. to press and cut

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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