圧倒あっとう (attou)

overpower; overwhelm

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圧倒 (あっとう, attou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “overpower; overwhelm”.

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Example sentences 12

かれ迫力はくりょく圧倒あっとうされた

I was overwhelmed by his power.

彼女の絵は緻密にして軽やかな筆づかいで圧倒的な支持を集めた。

Her paintings have become phenomenally popular (literally: gathered overwhelming support) for their elaborate and light-hearted brush strokes.

写真というものは絵画に比べて、その客観的再現力にかけては圧倒的にまさっている。

Photography overwhelmingly surpasses paintings in terms of objective reproduction.

彼は数に圧倒された。

He was overcome by numbers.