強いる
N1しいる shiiru
- to force
- to compel
- to coerce
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
强迫
Examples
- 彼らは我々に服従を強いた。They enforced obedience upon us.他们强迫我们服从。
- 守備隊は降伏を強いられた。The garrison was forced to surrender.守军被迫投降。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f63ec8688f'); // 強いる
{
"id": "f63ec8688f",
"word": "強いる",
"reading": "しいる",
"romaji": "shiiru",
"meanings": [
"to force",
"to compel",
"to coerce"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1236100,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼らは我々に服従を強いた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}らは{我々|われわれ}に{服従|ふくじゅう}を{強|し}いた。",
"en": "They enforced obedience upon us.",
"tatoeba_id": 97438
},
{
"ja": "守備隊は降伏を強いられた。",
"furigana": "{守備隊|しゅびたい}は{降伏|こうふく}を{強|し}いられた。",
"en": "The garrison was forced to surrender.",
"tatoeba_id": 148667
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "e65278ad8265f23d2ad524236fdbecfdfbb3b985b230656633b9b1ce3ae5026d",
"meanings": [
"强迫"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼らは我々に服従を強いた。",
"zh": "他们强迫我们服从。"
},
{
"ja": "守備隊は降伏を強いられた。",
"zh": "守军被迫投降。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/f63ec8688f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1236100; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "e263bd5b90a4b78af52f2b2263b53cc990388cf98dd314e3bf0eaf910bfc99bc",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}