Word Meaning 強制

きょうせい kyousei

強制 is read as きょうせい (kyousei) and means compulsion.

Meaning

English

  1. compulsion
  2. coercion
  3. forcing (to do)
  4. enforcement

Reading

Kana

きょうせい

Romaji

kyousei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 任意 Rank 1779 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

強制連行

きょうせいれんこう

being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.

強制力

きょうせいりょく

compelling power

強制性交

きょうせいせいこう

forcible sexual intercourse

強制わいせつ

きょうせいわいせつ

indecent assault

強制モード

きょうせいもーど

closed mode

強制中断

きょうせいちゅうだん

forcing to a stop

強制処分

きょうせいしょぶん

compulsory execution

強制収容

きょうせいしゅうよう

(enforced) confinement

強制収容所

きょうせいしゅうようじょ

concentration camp

強制労働

きょうせいろうどう

forced labor

強制退去

きょうせいたいきょ

forced eviction

強制解散

きょうせいかいさん

compulsory winding-up

Example Sentences

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No one is forcing you to do this.

Tom forced me to open the box.

Kate was forced to read the book.

Tom was fired.

When I was in school, left-handed kids were forced to write with their right hands.

Many Japanese-Americans were sent off to concentration camps during World War II.

During the Stalinist era, prisoners at concentration camps became slaves in service of the state.

During the Second World War, German Nazis killed many people at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

I heard that Isezaki city decided to ban beards for male city employees starting June 19. It's the complete opposite of the Taliban laws imposing the wearing of beards.