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迫害する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	迫はく害がいする	迫はく害がいしない
Polite	迫はく害がいします	迫はく害がいしません
Past polite	迫はく害がいしました	迫はく害がいしませんでした
Past	迫はく害がいした	迫はく害がいしなかった
Te-form	迫はく害がいして	迫はく害がいしないで
Desire	迫はく害がいしたい	迫はく害がいしたくない
Potential	迫はく害がいできる	迫はく害がいできない
Passive	迫はく害がいされる	迫はく害がいされない
Causative	迫はく害がいさせる	迫はく害がいさせない
Causative passive	迫はく害がいさせられる	迫はく害がいさせられない
Volitional	迫はく害がいしよう
Polite volitional	迫はく害がいしましょう
Imperative	迫はく害がいしろ	迫はく害がいするな
Conditional	迫はく害がいすれば	迫はく害がいしなければ
Tara conditional	迫はく害がいしたら	迫はく害がいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

persecution; oppression

Refers to systematic mistreatment, harassment, or oppression of a group or individual, often on religious, political, or ethnic grounds. Used both as a noun and with する as a transitive verb.

その少しょう数すう民みん族ぞくは長なが年ねん迫はく害がいを受うけてきた。
That ethnic minority has suffered persecution for many years.
政せい府ふは反はん対たい派はを迫はく害がいしていると非ひ難なんされた。
The government was accused of persecuting the opposition.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を迫はく害がいするto persecute someone
その政せい権けんは少しょう数すう民みん族ぞくを迫はく害がいした。
The regime persecuted the ethnic minority.
迫はく害がいを受うけるto be persecuted
彼かれらは長なが年ねんにわたり迫はく害がいを受うけてきた。
They have suffered persecution for many years.
迫はく害がいから逃のがれるto flee from persecution
彼かの女じょは宗しゅう教きょう的てき迫はく害がいから逃のがれて国くにを出でた。
She left the country to flee religious persecution.
迫はく害がいに耐たえるto endure persecution
信しん者じゃたちは長ながい迫はく害がいに耐たえてきた。
The believers have endured long years of persecution.

Kanji

迫urge, force, imminent
害harm, injury

Related words

弾だん圧あつN1
弾圧 focuses on forceful suppression or crackdown by an authority, while 迫害 covers sustained mistreatment of a group or individual for religious, political, or ethnic reasons.
差さ別べつN3
差別 is discriminatory or unequal treatment, often institutional, whereas 迫害 implies active harassment or oppression that goes beyond mere unequal treatment.
虐ぎゃく待たい
虐待 refers to abuse or cruel treatment, often of a dependent (child, animal), while 迫害 is broader, targeting a group for social, political, or religious reasons.
虐しいたげる
迫害する is a formal term for persecution often used in legal or historical contexts, while 虐げる carries a more literary, narrative tone.
嫌いやがらせN1
迫害 refers to serious, often systematic persecution (e.g. of a group), while 嫌がらせ can be smaller-scale, individual acts of harassment.

Opposites

保ほ護ごN2
保護 means protection or shelter, the opposite of 迫害's oppression and harassment.
擁よう護ごN1
迫害 means to persecute or oppress, the direct opposite of 擁護's meaning of protecting and championing.

Don't confuse with

妨ぼう害がいN1
妨害 shares the kanji 害 with 迫害 but means obstruction or interference with an activity, not sustained persecution of people.

Word family

迫はく害がい者しゃ
persecutor; oppressor

Etymology

Compound of 迫 (pressure, urge) and 害 (harm, damage), literally 'pressing harm'. The term is a Sino-Japanese word (kango) with a straightforward compositional meaning.