無理強い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
無 理 強
む
Grade: 4		 り
Grade: 2		 し > じ
Grade: 2
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 無理 (muri, “unreasonable”) +‎ 強い (shii, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 強いる (shiiru, “to force, to compel”)). The shii changes to jii as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

無(む)理(り)強(じ)いする • (murijii suru) ←むりじひ (murizifi)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 無(む)理(り)強(じ)いし (murijii shi), past 無(む)理(り)強(じ)いした (murijii shita))

  1. to force; to compel
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      無(む)理(り)強(じ)いしてお酒(さけ)を飲(の)ませた
      Murijii shite o-sake o nomaseta
      Forced into drinking sake
  2. to try to do something while knowing it is very difficult; to struggle

Conjugation
Conjugation of "無理強いする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 無理強いし むりじいし murijii shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 無理強いし むりじいし murijii shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 無理強いする むりじいする murijii suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 無理強いする むりじいする murijii suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 無理強いすれ むりじいすれ murijii sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 無理強いせよ¹
無理強いしろ²		 むりじいせよ¹
むりじいしろ²		 murijii seyo¹
murijii shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 無理強いされる むりじいされる murijii sareru
Causative 無理強いさせる
無理強いさす		 むりじいさせる
むりじいさす		 murijii saseru
murijii sasu
Potential 無理強いできる むりじいできる murijii dekiru
Volitional 無理強いしよう むりじいしよう murijii shiyō
Negative 無理強いしない むりじいしない murijii shinai
Negative continuative 無理強いせず むりじいせず murijii sezu
Formal 無理強いします むりじいします murijii shimasu
Perfective 無理強いした むりじいした murijii shita
Conjunctive 無理強いして むりじいして murijii shite
Hypothetical conditional 無理強いすれば むりじいすれば murijii sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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