押さえ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
抑え

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

()さえ (osaeおさへ (osafe)?

  1. holding back

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN