How to say "cessation" in Japanese

• 終息しゅうそくCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers cessation in the sense of something actually coming to an end, such as fighting or unrest dying out; the nuance is that the activity winds down and stops, typically over some course of events.
• 途絶とぜつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbSuits cessation as a stoppage or interruption of something ongoing, such as supplies, news or contact ceasing; it emphasizes the flow being cut off rather than an activity being formally ended.
• 不通ふつうJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounReally the word for suspension or interruption of service, transport or communication — roads, phone lines and the like being out of operation. It is seldom the right choice for cessation in a general or abstract sense.
  電話でんわは不通ふつうなの。↗

  The phones aren't working.
• モラトリアムCommon
  nounA loanword for a moratorium: a cessation declared for a fixed period, such as nuclear testing or debt payments. It implies a deliberate, temporary suspension with grace or extension, not a plain ending.

Use 終息 for something coming to a final end, 途絶 for an interruption or lapse, 不通 for suspended service or passage, and 「モラトリアム」 for a temporary, officially granted moratorium.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 終息しゅうそくcessation
• 途絶とぜつstoppage
• 不通ふつうsuspension
• モラトリアムmoratorium
• 終止しゅうしtermination
• 底止ていしcessation
• 滅めつnirvana