Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy), to move towards, to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.), to rush for (the door), to inundate, to overwhelm, to push aside.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
押し寄せる おしよせる
 
 
押寄せる おしよせる
 
 
 
 
押しよせる おしよせる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

push, stop, check
お.す オウ おさ.える (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
armor, high (voice), A grade
かぶと コウ カン (8th, N1)
draw near, stop in, bring near
よ.る キ より (5th, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
strange, strangeness, curiosity
キ く.しき あや.しい (7th, N1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)