yoisho interjection?

[yukio_michael]

I say this all of the time when bending over to pick something up, out of habit really, though I learned it a bit differently, as more like, n~sho to..., though I'm not exactly sure this is right.

Is anyone familiar with this common interjection & maybe it's variants, like nsho, unsho, oisho) said when lifting something, or when you have to pick up something heavy?

 

[Kyoko_desu]

yokkorashotto yokkoisho nnsho

Ahaha! You are more Japanese than us, yukio_michael san!
I can't help laughing when I imagine a non-Japanese person saying those words.

As for me, I say よっこらしょっと, よっこいしょ, or んんしょ depending on the mood. Wow am I really 22?

 

[doinkies]

doinkies knows this word! I've mainly heard the よいしょ version...

 

[Mars Man]

I know what you mean Kyoko_desu !! LOL...though I may have much more rightfulness in using it...hee, hee...

Yes, yukio_michael, you know it well. I haven't heard anything other than those that the two of you mentioned, and I use おいしょッ (oisho') the most. The よっからしょ (yokkarasho) style sounds cute to me, and I imagine some action which the user is showing to be not such a hard thing anyway--maybe humorus--but that'S just how I take it, that's all.

 

[JimmySeal]

I usually hear people saying よいしょ or ゆうしょ. I find it rather annoying hearing people say this every time they sit down in their chair. I prefer not to make an announcement to the world every time I pick up a 20 pound box.

 

[Elizabeth]

I usually hear people saying よいしょ or ゆうしょ. I find it rather annoying hearing people say this every time they sit down in their chair. I prefer not to make an announcement to the world every time I pick up a 20 pound box.

私にとっても、そういう言葉は、自分で愚痴っているような感じもします。うんざりです。
立ちっぱなしでとても重い箱をたくさん持たなければならない肉体労働のように、
腰や背中が本当に痛いですか？？

 

[yukio_michael]

Aaah well, at least I'm not alone... I don't anounce it to the world, sort of to myself, just like あれ？when I forget something... it's more to myself, and I think it conditions me to make my Japanese sound more natural.

 

[Kyoko_desu]

Originally posted by yukio_michael
I don't anounce it to the world, sort of to myself, just like あれ？when I forget something... it's more to myself.

Yes, yukio_michael san, that's exactly how we say it, and none of us takes that word seriously either.

「あれ」「よいしょ」「おっと」「いてっ！」といったとっさの表現が、母国語以外でも、頭で考えなくても自然に言えるなんてとってもステキなことですね♪ きっとyukio_michael さんはお知り合いの日本人の間でも人気者なんでしょうね～♪

 

[yukio_michael]

Yes, yukio_michael san, that's exactly how we say it, and none of us takes that word seriously either.
「あれ」「よいしょ」「おっと」「いてっ！」といったとっさの表現が、母国語以外でも、頭で考えなくても自然に言えるなんてとってもステキなことですね♪ きっとyukio_michael さんはお知り合いの日本人の間でも人気者なんでしょうね～♪

I learned it from my exgirlfriend, and I think, these little words are more surprising to nihonjin than something you learn from a textbook! 宜しく Kyokoさん, for your kind words!