無理強い

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

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し > じ
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on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 無理 (muri, unreasonable) +‎ 強い (shii, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 強いる (shiiru, to force, to compel)). The shii changes to jii as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

()()()する (murijii suruむりじひ (murizifi)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem ()()() (murijii shi), past ()()()した (murijii shita))

  1. to force; to compel
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      ()()()いして(さけ)()ませた
      Murijii shite o-sake o nomaseta
      Forced into drinking sake
  2. to try to do something while knowing it is very difficult; to struggle

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN