N1 grammar · Lesson 11

「余儀よぎなくされる」「余儀よぎなくさせる」: forced and forcing

台風たいふうの接近せっきんにより、週末しゅうまつの花火大会はなびたいかいは中止ちゅうしを余儀よぎなくされた。

News 「〜を余儀よぎなくされる」 「〜を余儀よぎなくさせる」: forced by events, reported objectively. Compare 「ざるを得えない」 「させられる」 「を強しいられる」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜を余儀よぎなくされる」: forced by circumstances to …
  2. 02「〜を余儀よぎなくさせる」: forcing someone to …
  3. 03Its usual partners in the news
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05Putting them together: dialogue and short text

Practice

  • Choose the meaning of each sentence
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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