あつりょく
Meanings
Noun
Physics
1. pressure
2. pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
Pitch accent
あ
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りょく
Composed of
pressure; force
strength; power; proficiency; ability
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to apply pressure to; to press
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
Examples (9 in total)
The bridge crashed under the pressure.
He yielded to pressure.
The pressure for tax reform is growing.
Glass has the ability to be broken under pressure.
I didn't resist the pressure they forced on me.
External pressure grows ever more intense.
The government refuses to bow to public pressure.
Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market.
The Prime Minister became all the more popular because he never gave way to pressure from the neighboring country.