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無理やり

無理矢理、 無理遣り

Reading

Kana: むりやり
Romaji: muriyari
Kana
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Definition

adv
1

forcibly; against one's will

Note: 矢理 is ateji
Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: シ、 や
Meanings: dart, arrow
Readings: ケン、 つか.う、 -つか.い、 -づか.い、 つか.わす、 や.る
Meanings: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Example Sentences

(かれ)(わたし)無理矢理(むりやり)()かせた。
➥He forced me to go.
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(かれ)無理矢理(むりやり)彼女(かのじょ)(すわ)らせた。
➥He forced her to sit down.
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(わたし)無理矢理(むりやり)署名(しょめい)させられた。
➥I was forced to sign my name.
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(かれ)無理(むり)やり部屋(へや)(はい)った。
➥He forced his way into the room.
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(かれ)無理(むり)やり残業(ざんぎょう)させられた。
➥He was forced to work overtime.
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(はは)(わたし)無理矢理(むりやり)勉強(べんきょう)させた。
➥My mother made me study.
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