押し付けがましい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
押 付
お
Grade: S
つ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

押し付け (“imposition”) +‎ がましい (“smacks of”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おしつけがまし​い [òshítsúkégámáshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕit͡sɨᵝke̞ɡa̠ma̠ɕiː]

Adjective

押(お)し付(つ)けがましい • (oshitsukegamashii) -i (adverbial 押(お)し付(つ)けがましく (oshitsukegamashiku))

  1. pushy, self-assertive
    押(お)し付(つ)けがましい態(たい)度(ど) ― oshitsukegamashii taido ― self-assertive attitude

Inflection

References

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