抑圧

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 抑圧 and read よくあつ, it is the suppression of speech, action, or emotion through external power or internal restraint.
• Basic usage: It appears in rules restricting free expression and feelings that surface after being repressed for a long time.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• External control and internal repression
  • The pressure may come from an institution or from keeping emotion unexpressed within oneself.