圧あつ力りょく
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Meanings
Noun
1. pressure
2. pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
Kanji used
Pitch accent
あつりょく
Used in vocabulary
圧あつ力りょく計けい
manometer; pressure gauge
Noun
同どう調ちょう圧あつ力りょく
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
Noun
圧あつ力りょく抑よく制せい
pressure suppression (e.g. pool, container in a nuclear power plant)
Noun
Examples12
The plan was given up under the pressure of public opinion.
The bridge crashed under the pressure.
The heat is on the administration to come up with a new policy.
Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market.
I didn't resist the pressure they forced on me.
He will never yield to the pressure of a politician.