強要|きょうようkyouyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcoercion; extortion; compulsion; force
    彼かれはもっとはやくくるように我々われわれに強要きょうようした。↗
    He compelled us to come earlier.
Conjugation
Dictionary form強要する(きょうようする)
Polite (masu)強要します(きょうようします)
Negative (nai)強要しない(きょうようしない)
polite (masen)強要しません(きょうようしません)
classical zu / nu強要せず・強要せぬ(きょうようせず・きょうようせぬ)
Past (ta)強要した(きょうようした)
polite (mashita)強要しました(きょうようしました)
Past negative (nakatta)強要しなかった(きょうようしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)強要しませんでした(きょうようしませんでした)
Te form強要して(きょうようして)
Potential強要できる(きょうようできる)
Passive強要される(きょうようされる)
Causative強要させる(きょうようさせる)
Causative passive強要させられる(きょうようさせられる)
Conditional (ba)強要すれば(きょうようすれば)
tara強要したら(きょうようしたら)
Volitional強要しよう(きょうようしよう)
polite (mashou)強要しましょう(きょうようしましょう)
Imperative強要しろ(きょうようしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym押し付けるおしつけるNeutralFoists tasks or opinions on others; also simply to press against. 「強要」 is for making someone do what they don't want, and leans toward legal usage.
  • Synonym強制きょうせいNeutralUsing force to make people obey — individuals, organizations, systems alike, as in 「強制退去」. 「強要」 centers on forcing someone to do what they don't want.
  • Synonym強いるしいるNeutralA verb for forcing or compelling, as in 「犠牲を強いる」; often used for imposing a burden on someone.
  • Synonym無理強いむりじいNeutralForcing someone to do something, as in 「酒を無理強いする」; softer in tone than 「強要」.
  • Synonym強圧きょうあつWrittenWritten register. Strong pressure or high-handed force, as in 「強圧的な態度」; stresses suppression, where 「強要」 stresses forcing someone to act.
  • Synonym強迫きょうはくWrittenWritten register. Pressuring someone into something against their will; in civil law, duress; psychologically, obsessive thoughts. 「強要」 is a criminal offense.
  • Synonym押し付けおしつけNeutralNoun for imposing opinions, rules and the like; stresses one-sided imposition, while 「強要」 stresses making someone act.
  • Related迫るせまるNeutralTo draw near, but also to press or urge someone, as in 「返事を迫る」; milder than 「強要」.
  • Related駆るかるWrittenWritten register. To drive or spur on, as in 「馬を駆る」「不安に駆られる」; stresses impelling, not specifically forcing compliance.

Use 「強要」 for forcing someone to do what they don't want to; it is also a criminal-law offense. 「強制」 is about using force to make people obey. In everyday speech, 「無理強い」 and 「押し付ける」 are the natural choices.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 嫌いやがることを無理むりに要求ようきゅうすること。
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