Gorioshi (ゴリ押し - Bulldozing)

To push one's opinion or way through forcely is called "gorioshi" (ゴリ押し) in Japanese.

The "gori" (ゴリ) means a kind of fish, and the "oshi" (押し) means to push.

Gori are freshwater fish living on the bottom of the river, and they stick to rocks of the bottom using their sucker-like abdominal fins.

In order to capture these gori, first people fix a net on the bottom of the river.

Then several people make a circle, and force gori to move to above the net.

This fishing method is called "gorioshi ryo" (ゴリ押し漁 - gorioshi fishing), and as you can guess, this is the etymology of "gorioshi."

ゴリ押し

自分の考えややり方を強引に押し通すことを、「ゴリ押し」と言います。

「ゴリ」は魚の種類を、「押し」は "to push" を意味します。

ゴリは川底に生息する淡水魚であり、吸盤状の腹ビレで水底の岩などにへばりつきます。

このゴリを捕獲するためには、まず川底に網を固定します。

そして数人で輪になり、ゴリを網まで強引に押すように追い込みます。

この方法を「ゴリ押し漁」と呼び、現在の「ゴリ押し」という言葉の語源となりました。

• To push one's opinion or way through forcely is called "gorioshi" (ゴリ押し) in Japanese.
• To push one's opinion or way of doing something through forcefully is called "gorioshi" (ゴリ押し) in Japanese.

• The "gori" (ゴリ) means a kind of fish, and the "oshi" (押し) means to push.
• The "gori" (ゴリ) is a kind of fish, and the "oshi" (押し) means to push.

• Gori are freshwater fish living on the bottom of the river, and they stick to rocks of the bottom using their sucker-like abdominal fins.
• Gori are freshwater fish living on the bottom of the river, and they stick to rocks on the bottom using their sucker-like abdominal fins.

• In order to capture these gori, first people fix a net on the bottom of the river.
• In order to capture these gori, people fix a net on the bottom of the river,

• Then several people make a circle, and force gori to move to above the net.
• (continue from previous sentence) then several people make a circle, and force the gori to move above the net.

• This fishing method is called "gorioshi ryo" (ゴリ押し漁 - gorioshi fishing), and as you can guess, this is the etymology of "gorioshi."
• This fishing method is called "gorioshi ryo" (ゴリ押し漁 - gorioshi fishing), so you can see why this is the etymology of "gorioshi."

Very interesting, I didn't know this!!