to suppress, to hold back

Kanji in this word

• 抑 repress, suppress

Example sentences

• 涙なみだを抑おさえることができなかった。

  Namida o osaeru koto ga deki nakatsu ta.

  I couldn't control my tears.

• 痛いたみを抑おさえる薬くすりを何なんかください。

  Itami o osaeru kusuri o nan ka kudasai.

  Please give me something to kill the pain.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.