よいしょ

Japanese

Pronunciation

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], 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

よいしょ (yoisho) 

  1. flattery

Verb

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

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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