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迫害 (はくがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 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
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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.
The government was accused of persecuting the opposition.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 迫はく 害がい する to persecute someone
The regime persecuted the ethnic minority.
迫はく 害がい を 受う ける to be persecuted
They have suffered persecution for many years.
迫はく 害がい から 逃のが れる to flee from persecution
She left the country to flee religious persecution.
迫はく 害がい に 耐た える to endure persecution
The believers have endured long years of persecution.
Related words 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.
差別 is discriminatory or unequal treatment, often institutional, whereas 迫害 implies active harassment or oppression that goes beyond mere unequal treatment.
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.
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.
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 保護 means protection or shelter, the opposite of 迫害's oppression and harassment.
迫害 means to persecute or oppress, the direct opposite of 擁護's meaning of protecting and championing.
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.
