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目頭を押さえる目頭をおさえる [sK] 目頭を押える [sK]
めがしらをおさえる
1. [exp,v1] [id]
▶ to stop oneself from crying
▶ to hold back tears

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2023-12-26 20:37:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2023-12-25 00:05:43  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
jitenon: 指やハンカチなどで…
shinsen: …指先で押さえて…

〈目/め/メ/眼〉〈頭/がしら/ガシラ〉を〈押(さ)/おさ〉え

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 目頭を押さえ   │ 8,231 │ 89.8% │
│ 目頭をおさえ   │   680 │  7.4% │
│ 目頭を押え    │   190 │  2.1% │
│ 目がしらを押さえ │    35 │  0.4% │
│ 目がしらをおさえ │    34 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
Some of the refs make it sound like this describes a literal gesture but I'm not sure that needs to be explained.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>目頭をおさえる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>目頭を押える</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +23 @@
+<gloss>to hold back tears</gloss>
1. A* 2023-12-24 23:44:47  penname01
  Refs:
sankoku, daijr/s, shinkoku, koj

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