押忍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
押 忍
Grade: S Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

A contraction of おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu, “good morning”, also said when first meeting a commonly-met acquaintance for the first time that day). First used in the Budo Senmon Gakko, later among other martial artists.[1]

The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Interjection

押忍 (hiragana おっす, rōmaji ossu)

  1. hey, yo!
  2. yes sir!

References

  1. ↑ 押忍 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
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