How to say "curb" in Japanese

• 抑制よくせいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe noun sense of 'curb': control, restraint, or suppression — the constraint itself, not the act of curbing. Use it where English uses 'curb' as a noun, as in 'a curb on something'.
  彼かれは怒いかりを抑制よくせいすることができなかった。↗

  He could not control his anger.
• 食い止めるくいとめるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb for 'to curb' in the sense of checking or holding something back and keeping it at bay — stopping it rather than holding it within limits, as when something is starting to spread.
  被害ひがいは最小限さいしょうげんに食い止くいとめられた。↗

  The damage was held to a minimum.
• 抑えるおさえるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb for 'to curb' in the sense of keeping something within limits or restraining it — spending or emotions, for example — rather than stopping it outright.
  ジェーンは声こえを出だして泣なくのを抑おさえることができなかった。↗

  Jane could not stop herself from crying aloud.

抑制 renders the noun 'curb' — restraint or control as a thing; among the verbs, 「食い止める」 is for checking or holding something back and stopping it, 「抑える」 for keeping things like spending or emotions within limits.

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• 抑制よくせいcontrol
• 食い止めるくいとめるto check
• 抑えるおさえるto keep within limits (e.g. spending)
• 縁石えんせきcurb (stone)
• 歯止めをかけるはどめをかけるto curb
• 押さえ込むおさえこむto suppress
• 押さえるおさえるto quell