強いる

しいる · shiiru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to force

🗜️ 強 (strong) + いる (to make someone do): use strength to make someone do it

Shares the root 強 'strong' with 強い. 強いる means to make someone do something through force or pressure, so it is a forceful, coercive act.

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