よいしょ (yoisho)

Meaning

1. huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho
2. yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps) (sumo)
3. yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.)
4. flattery; buttering up (someone); sucking up to

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