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... probably not, no.
Ous/Osu is ... generally seen as a kind of brutish/meathead/dudebro/gymrat kind of word, by many Japanese who are not martial artists.
Its... not like everyone in Japan is a martial artist.
Ous/Osu is a word that, to myknowledge, is only really used seriously by martial artists, most others would only use it ironically, to pantomime being a big strong fighter person.
If you were just in an orgy in Japan, using ous or osu would be something like you performatively acting like a chud, something like that, kind of.
That's my personal take on it, anyway, here is another:
https://www.adamcarter.us/respecting-cultural-context-osu-it-isnt-always-appropriate/
Hell yeah, thanks. I love languages and you got my gears turning is all