How to say "yielding" in Japanese

• 屈服くっぷくCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers yielding as submission or surrender: giving way under pressure, to force, or to an opponent's demands. This is the common word when 'yielding' means giving in rather than holding out.
  とうとう彼かれらは敵てきに屈伏くっぷくした。↗

  Finally they gave in to their enemy.
• 落城らくじょう
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA less common, figurative word: originally the fall of a castle, hence giving up on something or giving in to persuasion. Rarely the word you want for plain 'yielding'; 屈服 is the safer choice.

Use 屈服 for the common sense of yielding—submitting or giving way under pressure; 落城, a less common and largely figurative word, covers giving up or giving in and is seldom the word learners want.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 屈服くっぷくyielding
• 落城らくじょうgiving up (on something)
• 陥落かんらくgiving in (to someone's persuasion)