頭から押し付ける
English translation: scold xxx without hearing xxx's side of story
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| 4 | scold xxx without hearing xxx's side of story |
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| 4 | force their viewpoint without discussion |
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| 3 | heavy-handed/overbearing, top-down style/approach |
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2 hrs confidence: 
heavy-handed/overbearing, top-down style/approach Explanation: Perhaps something along the lines of the following: Senior executives tend[/display a tendency] to use their managerial clout with[/to achieve] a heavy-handed, top-down style. "Heavy-handed" was my first thought for communicating the meaning of the verb (and "heavy-handed, top-down approach" does get plenty of hits on Google), but of course this adjective can also mean "clumsy", so it might be safer to use "overbearing" or another synonym. |
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14 hrs confidence:
scold xxx without hearing xxx's side of story Explanation: or bawl out/scold without even giving a chance to explain 「頭から押し付ける」は、正しい日本語ではないですね。 |
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21 days confidence:
force their viewpoint without discussion Explanation: Executives sometimes shove their ideas/plans/action items down our throat without discussion or without giving us a reasonable explanation, and I believe that's what this survey item is talking about. Obviously, "shoving something down one's throat" would be too blunt and too informal in this context, but that's the gist of it. Example sentence(s):
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| Reference: FYR Reference information: https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/頭ごなし https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/18808/ https://www.waeijisho.net/word.html?id=75161 |
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