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音読おんよみ: ギャク

訓読くんよみ: しいたげる

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: とらかんむり(虍)

Meaning

To oppress / Abuse / Tyrannize

  • Basic forms
  • 虐げる — oppress; mistreat / base form
  • 虐げます — oppresses; mistreats / masu form
  • 虐げた — oppressed; mistreated / ta form
  • 虐げて — oppressing … / te form
  • 虐げない — do not oppress / negative
  • 虐げれば — if (one) oppresses / conditional
  • Common expressions
  • 弱者を虐げる — oppress the weak
  • 民衆を虐げる — oppress the people
  • 権力で虐げる — oppress by power
  • More
  • 虐げている — is oppressing / state
  • 虐げられる — be oppressed / passive

虐げる(しいたげる) is an ichidan transitive verb. It means to treat someone cruelly or unjustly, often through power, authority, or social position. The verb is frequently used in the passive form (虐げられる) to emphasize the suffering of those who are oppressed.

  • しいたげる — to oppress; to abuse
  • 虐待ぎゃくたい — abuse; mistreatment
  • 残虐ざんぎゃく — cruel; brutal
  • 自虐じぎゃく — self-mockery; self-deprecation

The crown (tiger) suggests fierce, predatory force. paints harm done from a position of power — pressing down on the weak.

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