How to say "Hold down" or "Repress" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Hold down" or "Repress" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Hold down" or "Repress" is "Osaeru", written in japanese as "押さえる".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The Japanese verb '押さえる (おさえる)' means 'to hold down' or 'to repress'. This verb is used to describe the action of putting pressure on something or someone in order to keep them in a particular position or state. It can be used literally, such as holding down a person or object, or figuratively, such as repressing emotions or impulses. For example: He held down the book - (彼は本を押さえた). She repressed her anger - (彼女は怒りを押さえた).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 1 Kanji:

The kanji "押" means "Push" and "Press down" and can be read as "O" and "Ou"

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Osaeru" mean in japanese?

"Osaeru" means "Hold down" or "Repress".

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If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Hold down" or "Repress" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". The hiragana "え" is read as "e". The hiragana "る" is read as "ru". The hiragana "お" is read as "o". And The hiragana "う" is read as "u".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.

You are finally ready for your free japanese Lesson.

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.