Japanese symbol for “railroading”

強行採決

きょうこうさいけつ

Romaji: kyoukousaiketsu

forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.); railroading; steamrolling; steamrollering

In Japanese, railroading is 強行採決, read きょうこうさいけつ (kyoukousaiketsu).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.); railroading; steamrolling; steamrollering (politics)

Kanji and stroke order

強

strong

on: キョウ、ゴウ
kun: つよ.い、つよ.まる、つよ.める、し.いる

11 strokes · JLPT 3

行

going, journey, carry out

on: コウ、ギョウ、アン
kun: い.く、ゆ.く、-ゆ.き、-ゆき

6 strokes · JLPT 4

採

pick, take, fetch

on: サイ
kun: と.る

11 strokes · JLPT 2

決

decide, fix, agree upon

on: ケツ
kun: き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く

7 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
勉強	べんきょう benkyou	study
強化	きょうか kyouka	strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement
強い	つよい tsuyoi	strong; potent; competent
強制	きょうせい kyousei	compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do)
強力	きょうりょく kyouryoku	powerful; strong
最強	さいきょう saikyou	strongest
行動	こうどう koudou	action; conduct; behaviour
行う	おこなう okonau	to perform; to do; to conduct oneself
採用	さいよう saiyou	use; adoption; acceptance
決定	けってい kettei	decision; determination

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.