抑圧

よくあつ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive check; restraint; oppression; suppression
2. repression

Kanji

• 抑 suppress. Read as ヨク.
• 圧 pressure. Read as アツ.

Example sentences

• その暴動は難なく抑圧された。
  The riot was suppressed without difficulty.
• 少数民族は偏見、貧困、抑圧と戦っている。
  Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.
• 奴隷たちは残酷な抑圧に苦しんでいた。
  The slaves suffered cruel oppression.

Words containing 抑圧

• 政治抑圧 (せいじよくあつ) political repression
• 人権抑圧 (じんけんよくあつ) suppression of human rights

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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