弾圧

• 読み: だんあつ
• ローマ字: dan'atsu
• 漢字の分解: 弾 (dan) — bullet, strike, attack; 圧 (atsu) — pressure, suppress
• 発音: /danaːtsɯ/

意味

Oppression; suppression; crackdown. Forcible repression of people, movements, or dissent by authority.

A compound of 弾 (bullet, strike) and 圧 (pressure, suppress). 弾圧 describes systematic, often violent suppression carried out by states or powerful institutions against political opposition, minorities, or civil society. It appears in historical contexts (e.g., 労働運動弾圧, suppression of the labour movement) and in contemporary human rights discourse.

例文

1. 独裁政権は反政府運動を武力で弾圧した。
2. 市民の抗議活動に対する弾圧が国際社会の非難を招いた。
3. 弾圧に屈せず声を上げ続けた活動家たちは後世に称えられた。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, history, human rights, journalism

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 弾 (dan) — to strike, bullet (with connotations of force), and 圧 (atsu) — pressure, suppress. The combination emphasises forceful, violent pressure from above. Widely used in Meiji-era political reporting to describe government repression of socialist and labour movements.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General