〜をおして (~o oshite) — in spite of ~ (pushing through illness / opposition)
Knowing there is illness, injury or opposition, you push through and do it anyway.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- Tomorrow is the company's big presentation, but tonight you get a 39-degree fever. The next day even your boss is amazed: 「彼は高熱をおして、プレゼンに来てくれた」.
- Fairly formal — common in news and formal statements.
Meaning
「おす」means 'to push', so 「〜をおして」feels like this: N (illness, injury, opposition, bad weather) tries to block the way, and you push through it, knowing full well it's hard.
How to attach
Attach 「をおして」after a noun (病気・けが・痛み・反対・悪天候・無理).
Versus what you know
- N2「〜にもかかわらず」only says 'even so', with no sense of whose will.
- With Lesson 7's 「〜をものともせず」the obstacle doesn't touch you and courage is praised; with 「〜をよそに」others' worry is ignored. With 「をおして」the person fully feels the obstacle, carries its weight and goes ahead on purpose.
Watch out
Key rule: what follows is an action a person chose to do (出席した・出場した・来日した); something that just happens, like 「病気をおして熱が下がった」, can't follow.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
社長は高熱をおして、大事な会議に出席した。
しゃちょうはこうねつをおして、だいじなかいぎにしゅっせきした。
Despite a high fever, the company president pushed through and attended the important meeting.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 高熱 = a high fever (the obstacle, N) → 「をおして」= pushing it aside → then what the president did by choice: 会議に出席した = attended the meeting.
家族の反対をおして、彼女は一人で日本へ来た。
かぞくのはんたいをおして、かのじょはひとりでにほんへきた。
Pushing past her family's opposition, she came to Japan on her own.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 家族の反対 = her family's opposition (the obstacle, N) → 「をおして」= knowing about it, yet pushing past it → then her own decision: 一人で日本へ来た = came to Japan alone.
その選手は足のけがをおして、最後まで試合に出場した。
そのせんしゅはあしのけがをおして、さいごまでしあいにしゅつじょうした。
Despite a leg injury, that player pushed on and played to the end.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 足のけが = a leg injury (the obstacle, N) → 「をおして」 → then what the player chose to do anyway: 最後まで試合に出場した = played to the end (news style).
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「彼は腰の痛み＿＿おして、引っ越しを手伝ってくれた。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: You 'push' the obstacle — the object particle.
N + をおして. 痛みをおして = pushing through the pain. 「を」because the obstacle is the object of 「おす」(push).
In which sentence is 「をおして」unnatural?
💡 Hint: Is what follows a chosen action, or something that just happened?
After をおして comes an action someone chose to do. 「熱が下がった」just happened by itself, so it doesn't fit.
'Knowing I wasn't well, I forced myself to go to work' — which one?
💡 Hint: Which one pushes through your own obstacle?
をおして = pushing on despite an obstacle you know about. をよそに = ignoring others' worry; にかこつけて = an excuse (it would be an excuse NOT to go); と相まって = two causes combining.
Your score: /3