押しつぶす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
押し潰す
押潰す (dated)
圧し潰す

Pronunciation

Verb

()しつぶす (oshitsubusugodan (stem ()しつぶし (oshitsubushi), past ()しつぶした (oshitsubushita))

  1. to squash
  2. (figuratively) to crush, to destroy

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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