無理やり

Japanese
Kanji in this term
無 理
む
Grade: 4		 り
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
無理矢理
無理遣り

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾʲija̠ɾʲi]

Adverb

無(む)理(り)やり • (muriyari) 

  1. forcibly, by force
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
      そこを我(が)慢(まん)して無(む)理(り)やりに這(は)って行(い)くとようやくの事(こと)で何(なん)となく人(にん)間(げん)臭(くさ)い所(ところ)へ出(でっ)た。
      Soko o gaman shite muriyari ni hatte iku to yōyaku no koto de nantonaku ningen-kusai tokoro e detta.
      I forced myself to crawl out and eventually found myself in an inhabited place.

Synonyms
  • 強(し)いて (shiite)

References
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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