隷従

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 隷従 is a noun and irregular intransitive verb read れいじゅう, meaning subservience or submission under power.
• Basic usage: 権力への隷従 identifies the authority obeyed, while 隷従から自由になる describes becoming free from submission.
  • 主人公は権力への隷従を拒んだ。 describes a protagonist rejecting subservience to authority; 隷従から自由になる民衆を描いた劇を見た。 describes watching a play about people becoming free from bondage.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 権力への隷従
  • への marks authority as the object of submission.
• 隷従を拒む
  • を marks the subservient state rejected by the protagonist.
• 隷従から自由になる
  • から marks submission as the state from which the people become free.