Word

独裁

どくさい
CommonJLPT N1

Meanings

  1. Noun · Suru verb · Intransitive

    dictatorship; despotism; autocracy

  2. Noun · Suru verb · Intransitive

    running (a company, etc.) despotically

In Spanish

  1. dictadura; despotismo; tiranía

Kanji in this word

Example sentences

  • 独裁者を倒すのだ!

    I will overthrow the dictator.

    ¡Abajo la dictadura!

    Tatoeba #4216202(opens in a new tab)
  • これらの気の毒な人々は非情な独裁者のなすがままになっていた。

    These poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

    Estas pobres personas estaban a la merced del cruel dictador.

    Tatoeba #217932(opens in a new tab)
  • 要するに、独裁とは「黙れ」ということ、民主主義とは「話し続けろ」ということである。

    Dictatorship can be summed up by "shut up!", democracy by "keep talking".

    Tatoeba #882424(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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