を余儀なくさせる

JLPT Level: N1

Meanings

to compel someone to do something

to make it unavoidable for someone to do something

to force someone into a situation where they must do something

Usage

Nを余儀なくさせる

Explanation

This pattern is used when a circumstance or someone causes another person to take a course of action that they would not have chosen voluntarily. The nuance is that the action is a consequence of external pressure or necessity, not a voluntary decision. The subject of the sentence is the entity that causes the compelled action, and the object marked with を is the action or outcome that is forced upon someone.

事故の影響で彼は転職を余儀なくされた。

じこのえいきょうでかれはてんしょくをよぎなくされた。

Due to the accident, he was forced to change jobs.

企業の業績悪化により、多くの社員が転勤を余儀なくされた。

きぎょうのぎょうせきあっかにより、おおくのしゃいんがてんきんをよぎなくされた。

Due to worsening business performance, many employees were compelled to transfer.

地震で家を失い、彼らは新しい住まいへ引っ越すことを余儀なくされた。

じしんでいえをうしない、かれらはあたらしいすまいへひっこすことをよぎなくされた。

Having lost their homes in the earthquake, they were forced to move to a new residence.