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押さえ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
抑え

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()さえ (osaeおさへ (osafe)?

  1. holding back

Derived terms

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References

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  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