Strangulation - Yakusatsu

Japanese: 扼殺 - やくさつ
Strangulation - Yakusatsu
〘 noun 〙 To kill someone by strangling them with one's hand. It also means to restrain someone so that they cannot move. [National Encyclopedia New Word Dictionary (1934)] * Japanese Thought (1961) <Maruyama Masao> 2 "In response to the extremely blatant strangulation of culture, such as book burning, confiscation of property, and banishment"

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Japanese:
〘名〙 手で首を締めて殺すこと。おさえつけて活動できないようにすることもいう。〔国民百科新語辞典(1934)〕※日本の思想(1961)〈丸山真男〉二「焚書、財産没収、追放など、露骨を極めた文化の扼殺に対して」

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