Japanese

Alternative forms

• 無理矢理
• 無理遣り

Adverb

無理やり ‎(hiragana むりやり, romaji muriyari)

1. forcibly, by force
   • 1905, Natsume Sōseki, 吾輩は猫である:

     そこを我慢 (がまん)して無理 (むり)やりに這 (は)って行 (い)くとようやくの事 (こと)で何 (なん)となく人間臭 (にんげんくさ)い所 (ところ)へ出 (でっ)た。

     Soko o gaman shite muriyari ni hatte iku to yōyaku no koto de nantonaku ningen-kusai tokoro e detta.

     I forced myself to crawl out and eventually found myself in an inhabited place.

Synonyms

• 強 (し)いて ‎(shiite)

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067