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扼する

verb

to clasp, to hold tightly, to command / to press a point / to hold down, to press down, to crush, to repress

彼は彼女の手を扼した。

He clasped her hand.

意味（1）

to clasp, to hold tightly, to command

文(ぶん)化(か)的(てき)には、ここは沃(よく)野(や)をかかえ、嶮(けん)山(ざん)を負(お)い、京(きょう)都(と)諸(しょ)地(ち)方(ほう)への交(こう)通(つう)路(ろ)を扼(やく)して、天(てん)産(さん)に恵(めぐ)まれ、農(のう)工(こう)も旺(さか)んだし、— 水(みず)は麗(うるわ)しく、女(おんな)もきれいだが、日(ひ)吉(よし)は心(こころ)のうちで、「腐(す)えている！」と、観(み)た。

Bunka-teki ni wa, koko wa yokuya o kakae, kenzan o oi, Kyōto shochihō e no kōtsūro o yakushite, tensan ni megumare, nōkō mo sakandashi, — mizu wa uruwashiku, onna mo kirei da ga, Hiyoshi wa kokoro no uchi de, “Sueteiru!” to, mita.Culturally, this place held fertile plains, bore steep mountains, commanded the travel routes to Kyoto and several other regions, and was blessed with natural products; agriculture and industry were abundant — the water was pure and the women were beautiful, but Hiyoshi, in his heart, looked at it and thought, “It's rotting!”

意味（2）

to press a point

意味（3）

to hold down, to press down, to crush, to repress