押しつぶす

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
押し潰す
押潰す (dated)
圧し潰す

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つぶ [òshítsúbúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕi̥t͡sɨbɯ̟sɨ]

Verb

()しつぶす • (oshitsubusugodan (stem ()しつぶし (oshitsubushi), past ()しつぶした (oshitsubushita))

  1. to squash
  2. (figuratively) to crush, to destroy

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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