抑える – Vocabulary details

抑おさえる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to curb; to hold in check

もう少すこし声こえを抑おさえてくださいよ。Please keep your voice down a little.

2. to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb; to contain; to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress

敵てきの攻こう撃げきを何なんとか抑おさえた。We somehow held back the enemy's attack.

suppress

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to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

気き持もちを、抑おさえられなくなりそう。

I feel like I'm about to lose control of my feelings.

涙なみだを抑おさえることができなかった。

I couldn't control my tears.

私わたしは笑わらいたいのを抑おさえられなかった。

I could not subdue the desire to laugh.

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