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): [mɯ̟ɾʲija̠ɾʲi]

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

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