Illustration: In a neighborhood woodworking workshop, one adult presses a flat palm firmly onto a plank resting across a sturdy workbench. Another adult uses a hand saw at the far end, well away from the supporting hand.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

押おさえる

osaeru

to hold down, to hold steady

Example sentences

  1. 戸とを押おさえてくれ。

    Hold the door.

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  2. このはしごをしっかり押おさえてくれ。

    Hold this ladder steady.

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  3. 私わたしはドアを押おさえてあけていた。

    I held the door open.

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Kanji in 押

  • 押push; stopOnオウKunおす・おし-・おっ-

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