押し寄せる|おしよせるoshiyoseru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 押し寄せる(おしよせる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 押し寄せます(おしよせます) |
| Negative (nai) | 押し寄せない(おしよせない) |
| polite (masen) | 押し寄せません(おしよせません) |
| classical zu / nu | 押し寄せず・押し寄せぬ(おしよせず・おしよせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 押し寄せた(おしよせた) |
| polite (mashita) | 押し寄せました(おしよせました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 押し寄せなかった(おしよせなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 押し寄せませんでした(おしよせませんでした) |
| Te form | 押し寄せて(おしよせて) |
| Potential | 押し寄せられる(おしよせられる) |
| Passive | 押し寄せられる(おしよせられる) |
| Causative | 押し寄せさせる(おしよせさせる) |
| Causative passive | 押し寄せさせられる(おしよせさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 押し寄せれば(おしよせれば) |
| tara | 押し寄せたら(おしよせたら) |
| Volitional | 押し寄せよう(おしよせよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 押し寄せましょう(おしよせましょう) |
| Imperative | 押し寄せろ(おしよせろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym詰め掛けるつめかけるNeutralCrowds flocking to a spot and packing it, as 「ファンが詰め掛ける」; 「押し寄せる」 also covers waves.
- Related群がるむらがるNeutralTo swarm or cluster around, as 「アリが群がる」; 「押し寄せる」 stresses the surging approach.
- Related蝟集いしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose: things gathering densely like hedgehog bristles; 「押し寄せる」 stresses masses surging in with force.
- Related群れ集うむれつどうWrittenWritten/formal prose: to gather in flocks or crowds; 「押し寄せる」 stresses a surging, onrushing arrival.
- Antonym退散たいさんNeutralOpposite of 「押し寄せる」 on the gather–disperse axis: breaking up and scattering or fleeing.
Use 「押し寄せる」 for crowds, waves, or tides of the times surging in, as 「津波が押し寄せる」. For crowds packing a place pick 「詰め掛ける」, for swarming together 「群がる」; 「退散」 is the opposite — dispersing.
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