押忍

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)
• (Tokyo) お​っす [óꜜssù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞sːɯ̟ᵝ]

Interjection

押忍(おっす) • (ossu) 

1. hey, yo!
2. yes sir!

References

1. 押忍 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja