押し寄せる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「押し寄せる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
押し寄せる しよせ
Imperative (命令形) 押し寄せろ しよせ
Key constructions
Passive 押し寄せられる しよせられ
Causative 押し寄せさせる しよせさせ
Potential 押し寄せられる しよせられ
Volitional 押し寄せよう しよせよ
Negative 押し寄せない しよせない
Negative perfective 押し寄せなかった しよせなかった
Formal 押し寄せます しよせま
Perfective 押し寄せた しよせた
Conjunctive 押し寄せて しよせて
Hypothetical conditional 押し寄せれば しよせれば

Verb

()()せる (oshiyoseruichidan (stem ()() (oshiyose), past ()()せた (oshiyoseta))

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to flood; to advance on; to close in on, to surge toward
    群衆(ぐんしゅう)警察(けいさつ)()()せた
    Gunshū ga keisatsu ni oshiyoseta.
    The people surged toward the police.
  2. (transitive) to push to one side
    部屋(へや)(すみ)(つくえ)()()せる
    heya no sumi ni tsukue o oshiyoseru
    push the table into the corner of the room

Conjugation