無む理りやり

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

adverb

forcibly; by force; against one's will

Describes doing something in a forced manner, often implying physical compulsion or strong pressure, overriding objections or natural limits.

彼かれは無む理りやりドア

を

開あ

け

た

。

He forced the door open.

無む理りやりにでも連つれて行いくつもりだ。

I intend to take him there even if I have to force him.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に〈事こと〉を無む理りやりさせるto force someone to do something
彼かれは子こ供どもに野や菜さいを無む理りやり食たべさせた。
He forced his child to eat vegetables.
無む理りやり〈動どう詞し〉to do a verb by force / against one's will
彼かの女じょは無む理りやり笑え顔がおを作つくった。
She forced herself to smile.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
理logic, arrangement, reason
矢dart, arrow
遣dispatch, despatch, send

Related words

力ちからずくで
力ずくで focuses on using brute physical strength to accomplish something, whereas 無理やり can include psychological pressure or unreasonable methods, not just physical force.
強ごう引いんN2
無理矢理 stresses using physical or coercive force to make something happen, while 強引 focuses on a pushy, overbearing attitude in getting one's way.
強しいてN1
無理やり describes forcing an action against resistance or reason, whereas 強いて suggests a mild, almost token forcing, often in phrases like 強いて言えば.

Written forms

無む理りやりUsage53%
Standard spelling; the most common written form.
無む理り矢や理りUsage31%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Ateji spelling using 矢理 for phonetic value; also common.
むりやりUsage14%
Kana spelling; often used in casual writing or when avoiding kanji.
ムリヤリUsage

Etymology

Compound of 無理 (unreasonable, impossible) and やり (the continuative form of やる, 'to do'), literally 'doing unreasonably'. The kanji 矢理 in the ateji spelling are used phonetically.

2%

search-only kana form

無む理り遣やり

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form.