よませおし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
読ませ押し

Etymology

From 読(よ)ませ (yomase, “making [someone] read, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)ませる (yomaseru, “to make [someone] read”), causative of 読(よ)む (yomu, “to read”)”) + 押(お)し (oshi, “pressing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 押(お)す (osu, “to press”).”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ma̠se̞o̞ɕi]

Noun

よませおし • (yomase-oshi) 

1. (quiz competition) pressing a buzzer early in the hope that the person reading the question is incapable of stopping immediately