noun
obligation; mandating; requirement
Refers to the act of imposing a duty or making something compulsory, often used in formal, legal, or policy contexts. Can also refer to the state of being obligated.
法律でマスク着用が義務付けられている。
Wearing a mask is mandated by law.
企業に環境報告書の提出を義務付ける制度が始まった。
A system requiring companies to submit environmental reports has been introduced.
強制 means 'compulsion' or 'forcing' and is broader, often implying physical or direct coercion, whereas 義務付け is more about legal or regulatory imposition.
Compound of 義務 (gimu, 'duty, obligation') + 付け (tsuke, nominalized form of 付ける 'to attach, impose'). The reading づけ is a rendaku form of つけ.