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Formation: X が / は + Y に + N (action noun) + を余儀なくさせる

The causative counterpart of 〜を余儀なくされる: the subject is the cause (an event, a situation, a trend) that leaves someone with no option but to take an action they did not want. The subject is usually not a person but a circumstance, such as 不況, 災害 or 不祥事. It is stiff and written, found in newspapers, reports and analytical essays. In practice the passive 〜を余儀なくされる is far more common, because Japanese usually tells the story from the side of the one affected; choose 〜を余儀なくさせる when you want to put the cause in focus. The form 〜を余儀なくする has the same meaning.

Variants: を余儀なくさせた、を余儀なくする

Examples

• 相次ぐ不祥事が、社長に辞任を余儀なくさせた。
  A string of scandals forced the president to resign.
• 急激な円高は、多くの企業に生産拠点の海外移転を余儀なくさせた。
  The sharp rise of the yen compelled many companies to move production overseas.

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