押さえ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
押
お Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 押さえる (osaeru, “to hold back”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おさえ [òsáéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) おさえ [òsáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [o̞sa̠e̞]

Alternative forms

抑え

Noun

押さえ (hiragana おさえ, rōmaji osae, historical hiragana おさへ)

holding back

Derived terms

Derived terms

乳押 (ちちお)さえ (chichiosae): bra (brassiere)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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