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圧倒 [ichi1,news1,nf14]
【あっとう [ichi1,news1,nf14] 】

1.	[vs,vt,n] ▶ to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent) ▶ to overpower ▶ to crush ▶ to defeat completely
2.	[vs,vt,n] 《usu. in the passive as 圧倒される》 ▶ to overwhelm (someone with emotion) ▶ to move ▶ to impress ▶ to fill with emotion
3.	[vs,vt,n] ▶ to intimidate ▶ to frighten ▶ to threaten

Conjugations

History:

8.	A 2021-11-17 02:02:26 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	mk
	Diff:	@@ -17,0 +18 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -25,0 +27 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -34,0 +37 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos>
7.	A 2019-04-02 22:33:32 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2019-04-02 22:16:51
	Comments:	overpower in the first section was spelled as "overwpower"
	Diff:	@@ -20 +20 @@ -<gloss>to overwpower</gloss> +<gloss>to overpower</gloss>
5.	A 2018-02-23 21:50:59 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'm reluctant to have "vs" first and a verb gloss, but this one rather stands out.
4.	A* 2018-02-23 19:34:20 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK. I tried adding some more glosses to your second sense based on both daijs② and meikyo② but it ended up looking weird. daij's 「剣幕に圧倒される」 and meikyo's「雄大な景色に─される」 are really quite different, so I ended up adding one more sense. _ I think vs should probably come before n here based on the examples etc. in GG5 (which only has a ～する gloss), daij.
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +17 @@ +<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -18,3 +19,4 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> -<gloss>overwhelming (e.g. an opponent)</gloss> -<gloss>overpowering</gloss> +<gloss>to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent)</gloss> +<gloss>to overwpower</gloss> +<gloss>to crush</gloss> +<gloss>to defeat completely</gloss> @@ -22,0 +25 @@ +<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -23,0 +27,7 @@ +<s_inf>usu. in the passive as 圧倒される</s_inf> +<gloss>to overwhelm (someone with emotion)</gloss> +<gloss>to move</gloss> +<gloss>to impress</gloss> +<gloss>to fill with emotion</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> @@ -25,2 +35,4 @@ -<s_inf>usu. as 圧倒される</s_inf> -<gloss>overwhelming (someone emotionally)</gloss> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>to intimidate</gloss> +<gloss>to frighten</gloss> +<gloss>to threaten</gloss>
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3.	A* 2018-02-23 19:09:02 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Given that English dictionaries make a distinction between overwhelm in the "overpower" sense and overwhelm in the "emotionally affect" sense, I think it's fine to do the same here. 素晴らしい演技に圧倒される and 輸入品に国産品が圧倒されている are quite different uses of the same word. I've changed the sense 2 gloss so it's no longer passive.
	Diff:	@@ -26,2 +26 @@ -<gloss>feeling overwhelmed</gloss> -<gloss>feeling overcome</gloss> +<gloss>overwhelming (someone emotionally)</gloss>
2.	A* 2018-02-22 19:10:33 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs has a different split: １きわだってすぐれた力をもっていること。また、その力で相手を押さえつけること。「彼の語学力は他を圧倒している」２力を見せつけて他を恐れさせること。「剣幕に圧倒される」 e.g. overwhelm vs threaten daijr doesn't split. gg5 doesn't split.
	Comments:	I don't think sense 2 is needed. Isn't "feeling overwhelmed" just the same as sense 1 in the passive e.g. "being overwhelmed"? GG5 doesn't split. If there is any evidence of "圧倒する" being used to mean to be overwhelmed, inclusion makes sense to me, but the kojien example is 「雄大な景色に─される」
1.	A* 2018-02-16 18:28:19 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	meikyo (sense 2): "《多く「─される」の形で》すぐれた力や威力を見せつけられて、驚きや感動を覚える。「雄大な景色に─される」" G n-grams: 圧倒 1393389 あっ倒 No matches
	Comments:	--> noun glosses. Don't need あっ倒. 圧 is a 常用漢字. Sense 2 is also in daijs.
	Diff:	@@ -9,3 +8,0 @@ -</k_ele> -<k_ele> -<keb>あっ倒</keb> @@ -22,3 +19,9 @@ -<gloss>overwhelm</gloss> -<gloss>overpower</gloss> -<gloss>overwhelming</gloss> +<gloss>overwhelming (e.g. an opponent)</gloss> +<gloss>overpowering</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> +<s_inf>usu. as 圧倒される</s_inf> +<gloss>feeling overwhelmed</gloss> +<gloss>feeling overcome</gloss>

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