扼やくす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

command; dominate

Literary or formal use for seizing control or dominating a situation; often replaced by 支配する or 制する in modern Japanese.

See also: 扼する

• 彼かれは戦せん場じょうで全ぜん軍ぐんを扼やくした。

  He commanded the entire army on the battlefield.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

prevent; obstruct

Used for blocking or hindering an action or movement; often appears in strategic or abstract contexts.

See also: 扼する

• 敵てきの進しん軍ぐんを扼やくすために橋はしを落おとした。

  They destroyed the bridge to obstruct the enemy's advance.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

grip; hold

Physical sense of grasping or holding tightly; rare and mostly replaced by 握る or 掴む.

See also: 扼する

• 彼かれは刀かたなの柄つかを扼やくして離はなさなかった。

  He gripped the sword's hilt and would not let go.