Oppression - Danatsu

Japanese: 弾圧 - だんあつ

[noun] ① To trample underfoot. To suppress. To crush. *Ryōiki (810-824), Vol . 2 : "One hundred people became monks at the same time and attained the state of arhatship together. Such virtuous people can be found in the lands where our holy dynasty oppresses." ② To dominate others and be superior. To overwhelm. *Shoryōshū, Vol. 5 (c. 835), Yoyetsu Province's Jiduoshi asks the Naiwai Jingshu to clarify, "The oppression was fierce, and the horses shook with a golden cry." ③ To suppress evil. [New Book of Tang, Biography of Liu Zhongying] ④ The ruling class suppressing the dominated class with power. To suppress with force. *Kōkyū Wasurenai Beki (1935-36), Takami Jun, Vol. 6: "Because on the one hand the oppression is severe."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① ふみつけること。おさえつけること。おしつぶすこと。※霊異記（810‐824）下「一時に出家して、百人倶に阿羅漢果を得たり。我が聖朝弾圧する所(ばかり)の土(くに)に、是の善類有り」② 他をおさえて、すぐれていること。圧倒すること。※性霊集‐五（835頃）与越州節度使求内外経書啓「弾圧班馬、金声玉振」③ 罪悪を、ただしおさえること。〔新唐書‐柳仲郢伝〕④ 支配階級が権力で被支配者階級をおさえつけること。強権的におさえつけること。※故旧忘れ得べき（1935‐36）〈高見順〉六「一方弾圧がはげしいから」

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