よいしょ

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Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

よいしょ (yoisho

  1. interjection used when someone is sitting down or picking up something heavy
    • 1998, Kazuko Shikita, Oigokoro no honne [Truth of an aged heart][1], Hajime ni [Introduction]:
      (まい)(にち)()きていくというすごいエネルギーのいる()(ごと)を、 “どっこいしょ”、 “よいしょ” とか()って()()いを()れてこなしつつ、()らして-いるのです。
      Mainichi, ikiteiku to iu sugoi enerugī no iru shigoto o, “dokkoisho”, “yoisho” toka itte kiai o irete konashi tsutsu, kurashite-iru no desu.
      Every day, continuing this high-energy job called living makes me cry dokkoisho, yoisho, and so on, just getting along.

Noun[edit]

よいしょ (yoisho

  1. flattery
    よいしょうまい
    yoisho ga umai
    good at flattery

Verb[edit]

よいしょする (yoisho surusuru (stem よいしょ (yoishosuru shi), past よいしょした (yoishosuru shita))

  1. to flatter

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References[edit]

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