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おさえる

押さえる

osaeru

very common

English

to hold down, to press

नेपाली

थिच्नु, समात्नु

Examples

  1. 風かぜで飛とばないように、紙かみを押おさえました。

    I held the paper down so it wouldn't blow away in the wind.

  2. けがをした選手せんしゅが、痛いたむ足あしを押おさえていました。

    The injured player was holding their aching leg.

  3. 出血しゅっけつがある場合ばあいは、清潔せいけつな布ぬので傷口きずぐちを強つよく押おさえてください。

    If there is bleeding, press firmly on the wound with a clean cloth.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

押 8 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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