How to say subdue in Japanese

圧伏【あっぷくappuku】圧服 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • overpower; subdue; keep down

Example Sentences

私watashiはha笑いwaraiたいtaiのnoをwo抑えられなかったosaerarenakatta。
I could not subdue the desire to laugh.
我々warewareはha自然shizenをwo征服seifukuするsuruことkotoなどnadoできないdekinai。
We cannot subdue nature.
おそらくosoraku、人間ningenのno持ってmotte生まれたumareta感情のkanjouno中nakaでde、虚栄心kyoeikokoroほどhodo抑えosaeにくいnikuiものmonoはhaないnaiだろうdarou。
There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.

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