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抑える

おさえる

to hold back, to restrain

Mnemonic

A hand flat on the lid keeping the thing down, and the effort of that is the whole word. Oh, say おさえ nothing at all, and he said none of it: おさえる.

Worth knowing

押す おす is pushing something along. 抑える is pressing down on something so that it cannot come up.

Built from

hold back, restrain
扌 a hand on the left with a kneeling figure beside it. Keeping a thing down rather than shoving it along.

Also read おさえる

to hold down, to hold steady

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