よいしょ

Japanese

Interjection

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]:

     毎(まい)日(にち)、生(い)きていくというすごいエネルギーのいる仕(し)事(ごと)を、 “どっこいしょ”、 “よいしょ” とか言(い)って気(き)合(あ)いを入(い)れてこなしつつ、暮(く)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.