強しいて

しいて shiite

by force

adverb

Chinese meanings

勉强；一定要说的话

Chinese notes

強いて言えば表示勉强要说的话；也可表示强行。

Examples

これと言って趣味はないんですが、強いて言えば、音楽鑑賞ですかね。
I don't know if you'd call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.
我没什么特别的爱好，勉强要说的话，大概是听音乐吧。
Tatoeba #218742

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('863a775a01'); // 強いて

{
  "id": "863a775a01",
  "word": "強いて",
  "reading": "しいて",
  "romaji": "shiite",
  "meanings": [
    "by force"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1236080,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "これと言って趣味はないんですが、強いて言えば、音楽鑑賞ですかね。",
      "en": "I don't know if you'd call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.",
      "tatoeba_id": 218742
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3b8f3057a0963d71bef08604f025ae58550849860702821138a468556100eff9",
    "meanings": [
      "勉强",
      "一定要说的话"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "これと言って趣味はないんですが、強いて言えば、音楽鑑賞ですかね。",
        "zh": "我没什么特别的爱好，勉强要说的话，大概是听音乐吧。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/863a775a01",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1236080; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "強いて言えば表示勉强要说的话；也可表示强行。",
    "review_hash": "fdc870392c9e7959b472525d9fd4328c9cab9cc497f4cb480f0658fe95bfcdc0"
  }
}