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    3. 虐げる

    虐げる

    虐しいたげ​る​

    to oppress

    KMT10News #44+1Ref L2Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しいたげる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to oppress, to persecute, to tyrannize

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    弱よわい人ひと々びとを虐しいたげるべきではない。

    One should not oppress weak people.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    権けん力りょく者しゃは、しばしば民みん衆しゅうを虐しいたげてきた。

    Those in power have often oppressed the common people.

    KMT8Politics & LawHistoryEmotions & Psychology
    虐しいたげられた人ひと々びとが立たち上あがり、自じ由ゆうを求もとめて戦たたかった。

    The oppressed people rose up and fought for freedom.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyHistoryPolitics & Law
    彼かれは、過か去こに虐しいたげられた経けい験けんから、他た人にんの痛いたみに敏びん感かんになった。

    From his past experience of being oppressed, he became sensitive to the pain of others.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    その国くにでは、少しょう数すう民みん族ぞくが長なが年ねんにわたり政せい府ふに虐しいたげられてきた。

    In that country, ethnic minorities have been oppressed by the government for many years.

    KMT9Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    虐
    しいた.げる…(1)
    tyrannize・oppress
    Kanji
    げ
    ge
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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