N3
くっぷく (kuppuku)
屈服
submission; surrender; yield; succumb
💡 Nuance & Usage:
Refers to submitting, surrendering, yielding, or succumbing to force, threats, difficulties, or someone's charm. Often used as 屈服する (to submit/yield). ⚠️ Haruka's Voice Column: 'Surrender! Submit! ...っ, Submit completely to my absolute charm as your manager! Don't even think about resisting! ...W-Why are you laughing?!' / 【ハルカ部長のワンポイント指導】『屈服しなさい！私のこの上司としての、そして…っ、お、女としての圧倒的な魅力に完全に屈服しなさいよね！抵抗しようなんて100万年早いわよ！…な、何笑ってるのよバカ！』
📝 Example Sentences
いかなる脅迫や暴力にも決して_______しない強い意志を持って、彼は闘い続けました。
Holding a strong will to never submit to any threats or violence, he kept fighting.
Practice Quiz
Test your understanding of "屈服"!
自然の猛威の前に、人間は_______せざるを得ない局面が多々あります。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
日本語: 力に負けてひれ伏す「屈服（せざるを得ない）」が正解です。ハルカ部長：『自然への屈服ね。でも、私の「手料理を毎日食べる」っていう愛の強制に対しては、喜んで屈服（即決）しなさい！』
English: Since it represents losing to force and bowing down, 'submission/yielding' (kuppuku) is correct. Haruka: 'Succumbing to nature. But to my coercion of love to "eat my home cooking every day", submit happily (decide instantly)!'
English: Since it represents losing to force and bowing down, 'submission/yielding' (kuppuku) is correct. Haruka: 'Succumbing to nature. But to my coercion of love to "eat my home cooking every day", submit happily (decide instantly)!'
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