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Japanese

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し > じ
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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

()()()する (murijii suruむりじひ (murizifi)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem ()()() (murijii shi), past ()()()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:
      ()()()いして(さけ)()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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN