I Love Kanji抑圧 (yokuatsu)
抑圧 (よくあつ, yokuatsu) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “check; restraint”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よくあつ
- Romaji
- yokuatsu
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- check; restraint; oppression; suppression · noun, suru verb, transitive
- repression · noun, suru verb, transitive
Example sentences
この段階を踏まえ、抑圧という概念をさらに詳細に検証していくことになります。
From this point we go on to an even more detailed examination of the concept of repression.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 抑圧
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 抑圧する | よくあつする yokuatsusuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 抑圧します | よくあつします yokuatsushimasu |
| Negative | 抑圧しない | よくあつしない yokuatsushinai |
| Polite negative | 抑圧しません | よくあつしません yokuatsushimasen |
| Past | 抑圧した | よくあつした yokuatsushita |
| Polite past | 抑圧しました | よくあつしました yokuatsushimashita |
| Negative past | 抑圧しなかった | よくあつしなかった yokuatsushinakatta |
| Te-form | 抑圧して | よくあつして yokuatsushite |
| Potential | 抑圧できる | よくあつできる yokuatsudekiru |
| Passive | 抑圧される | よくあつされる yokuatsusareru |
| Causative | 抑圧させる | よくあつさせる yokuatsusaseru |
| Volitional | 抑圧しよう | よくあつしよう yokuatsushiyou |
| Imperative | 抑圧しろ | よくあつしろ yokuatsushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 抑圧すれば | よくあつすれば yokuatsusureba |
Kanji in 抑圧
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 抑圧.
抑制よくせいcontrol圧縮あっしゅくcompression気圧きあつatmospheric pressure血圧けつあつblood pressure圧倒あっとうto overwhelm (e.g. an opponent)圧迫あっぱくpressure圧力あつりょくpressure
Source: JMdict entry 1547270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.