抑圧よくあつ (yokuatsu)

check, restraint, oppression, suppression

  • JLPT N1
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  • #7036 most frequent

Meaning

抑圧 (よくあつ, yokuatsu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “check, restraint, oppression, suppression”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

自由じゆうを 抑圧よくあつされている 人ひとが 世界せかいにたくさんいる

There are many oppressed people in the world.

王は人民を抑圧した。

The king imposed heavy taxes on the people.

王おうは 人民じんみんを 抑圧よくあつした。

The king oppressed his people.

私わたしたちにはできるのです。

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes, we can.