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否応

いやおう

N1whether one likes it or not · consent or refusal

Examples

突然の変更で否応なく計画を見直すことになった。

強い口調で否応を言わせず仕事を押しつけた。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 否応, read いやおう, combines consent and refusal and appears in expressions meaning whether one likes it or not.
  • Basic usage: 否応なく見直す describes a forced revision; 否応を言わせず denies any chance to accept or refuse.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Adverbial 否応なく and nominal response
    • With なく the phrase means unavoidably; with を言わせず, consent or refusal is the response being suppressed.

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