How to say "suspension" in Japanese

• サスペンションCommon
  nounThe loanword for a vehicle's suspension — the springs and dampers that cushion the ride. It covers only this mechanical sense, never the senses of stopping or pausing an activity.
• 中止ちゅうしJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbSuspension in the sense of calling something off: an event, service, or activity is discontinued and does not continue, as when a match is called off because of rain.
  暴風ぼうふう雨うのため道路どうろ工事こうじが中止ちゅうしされた。↗

  Work on the road was suspended because of the storm.
• 休止きゅうしCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA temporary halt: activity stops for a while with the expectation of resuming later. Typical of pausing operations or activities rather than cancelling them outright.
  こちらのレジは今いま休止きゅうし中ちゅうなんですよ。↗

  This register is out of commission.
• 中断ちゅうだんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbAn interruption of something already under way: the activity is broken off partway through, as when a broadcast or meeting is interrupted, and may or may not resume.
  病気びょうきのため休暇きゅうかが中断ちゅうだんした。↗

  Illness cut short his vacation.
• 浮遊ふゆうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe physical sense: floating or drifting in air or liquid, as with fine particles suspended in water or the air. It has nothing to do with stopping an activity.

Use 「サスペンション」 only for a vehicle's suspension; for activities, 中止 calls something off, 休止 pauses it temporarily, 中断 interrupts it in progress, and 浮遊 means particles floating in air or liquid.

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• サスペンションsuspension (in a vehicle)
• 中止ちゅうしinterruption
• 休止きゅうしpause
• 中断ちゅうだんinterruption
• 浮遊ふゆうfloating
• 不通ふつうsuspension
• 運休うんきゅうsuspension (of a transportation service)
• 差し止めさしとめprohibition
• 途絶とぜつstoppage
• サスsuspension (in a vehicle)
• 懸架けんかsuspension (of an automobile)
• サスペンドsuspension
• 懸濁けんだくsuspension (state)
• 入れ掛けいれかけsuspension (of performance, match, etc.)
• 一時停止いちじていしsuspension
• 懸吊けんちょうsuspension
• 懸濁液けんだくえきsuspension (mixture)
• 謹慎処分きんしんしょぶんsuspension (from work or school)
• 取り止めとりやめcancellation
• 途絶えとだえpause
• 停止ていしceasing (movement, activity, etc.)
• 謹慎きんしんsuspension (from work or school)
• 凍結とうけつfreezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.)
• 懸垂けんすいsuspension
• 中絶ちゅうぜつdiscontinuance
• 休みやすみvacation
• 見合わせみあわせpostponement