Illustration: At a home dining table, an overinsistent host holds a rice paddle over a guest's already full bowl. The guest leans backward, covers the bowl with one hand, and raises the other palm in refusal. Undeterred, the host reaches around the blocking hand with a determined smile and another mound of rice.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

強しいて

shiite

by force, if pressed

Often used as 強いて言えば, meaning “if pressed to say.” Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. これと言いって趣味しゅみはないんですが、強しいて言いえば、音楽鑑賞おんがくかんしょうですかね。

    I don’t know if you’d call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 勘左衛門かんざえもんは再三辞さいさんじしたが、強しいて所望しょもうされるのでやむを得えず取とる事こととなった。

    Kanzaemon declined repeatedly but as his host insisted, he was left with no choice.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ただ、それ以外いがいのどの説せつも部分的ぶぶんてきに正ただしいといえるため、強しいて1つに定さだめる理由りゆうもない。

    There is no reason to choose only this theory, of course, as different theories are otherwise reliable.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 強

  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・しいる

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