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おし

Pronunciation: [o̞ɕi]

“おし” is a Japanese word. Its 16 meanings in English:

noun

  1. 押し: pushing
  2. 押し: persuasion (especially in terms of romance)
  3. 推し: (idol fandom) favorite idol
  4. hawk feed
  5. muteness (the inability to speak)
  6. a mute person
  7. synonym of おしどり (“mandarin duck”)
  8. a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), like the mandarin duck
  9. salt

suffix

  1. 推し: (idol fandom) being a devoted fan of …; … stan

verb

  1. 押し, 圧し, 推し: stem or continuative form of おす (osu)

interjection

  1. alert made in the imperial palace by a forerunner when an emperor passes by or a meal is served
  2. ceremonial phrase when receiving a plaque from the emperor: I humbly take it
  3. used to call on a wife

pronoun

  1. first-person pronoun: I, me
  2. second-person pronoun: you

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative form”) of the verbs 押(お)す (osu, “to push”), 推(お)す (osu, “to infer; to support”), and 圧(お)す (osu, “to press”). These verbs represent a single native Japanese word descending from Proto-Japonic *əsu, with different kanji utilized to distinguish specific semantic nuances.

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