抑える (おさえる) — to suppress, to restrain, to hold down
抑える
to suppress
Frequency #2202
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
3 characters
ichidan verb · transitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v1, vt)
osaeru
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
おさえる[3] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to suppress
- to restrain
- to hold down