強制的|きょうせいてきkyouseiteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectiveforced; compulsory
    彼女かのじょは強制的きょうせいてきに私を一緒いっしょに連れ出つれだした。↗
    She forced me to go out with her.
Conjugation
Plain form強制的(きょうせいてき)
Polite (desu)強制的です(きょうせいてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)強制的ではない(きょうせいてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)強制的ではありません(きょうせいてきではありません)
Past (datta)強制的だった(きょうせいてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)強制的ではなかった(きょうせいてきではなかった)
Te form (de)強制的で(きょうせいてきで)
Adverbial (ni)強制的に(きょうせいてきに)
Conditional (nara)強制的なら(きょうせいてきなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related義務的ぎむてきNeutralDoing something because duty or rules require it, often with reluctance, as in 「義務的に参加する」; 「強制的」 stresses outside force making you act.
  • Antonym自発的じはつてきNeutralActing of one's own free will, voluntarily and on one's own initiative — the opposite of 「強制的」, which implies being made to act by outside pressure.
  • Antonym任意にんいNeutralLeft to one's own choice — you may do it or not, as in 「任意保険」; the opposite of compulsory 「強制的」.

Use 「強制的」 when outside force compels you and refusal is not an option, as in 「強制的に退去させる」. For what duty requires, say 「義務的」; for voluntary action, 「自発的」 or 「任意」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 無理矢理むりやりさせるさま
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