押す
o-su
A schedule that runs late is being pushed
The picture You send force from your side toward the other side. It can press something flat, or shove it along. 押す sends your force from here over there; 引く draws what is over there toward you.
Where the picture shows up in 押す
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Pressing it in
このボタンを押してください。
kono botan o oshite kudasai
Please press this button.
A finger presses the button and the button sinks into the machine.
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Pressing a mark onto it
ここにはんこを押します。
koko ni hanko o oshi-masu
You stamp your seal here.
The seal is pressed hard onto the paper and a red mark is set into it.
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Shoving a person along
後ろから押さないでください。
ushiro kara osanaide kudasai
Please do not push from behind.
A hand behind you presses your back and your body is shoved forward.
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Time getting shoved back
電車が遅れて予定が押しています。
densha ga okurete yotei ga oshite imasu
The train was late, so the schedule is running behind.
The blocks in the schedule are shoved from behind and every one slides a slot to the right.
The earlier item is literally shoving the later ones back.
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Pushing someone's back forward
困っている人の背中を押しました。
komatte iru hito no senaka o oshi-mashita
I gave a struggling colleague a push.
You put your hand on the back of someone who has stopped, hesitating, and push them forward.
All of it in one picture
押す is one arrow pointing away from you. The button sinks in and you have pressed it; the red mark sets into the paper and you have stamped it; a back is shoved and the body moves on; the schedule blocks are shoved right and the day is running behind; a stalled person's back is pushed and you have given them a push. Pressing something flat and shoving something along look different, but the force always goes the same way: from here to over there.