ストップsutoppu

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbstop
   厳きびしい資金しきん不足ふそくで計画けいかくはストップしている。↗

   An acute lack of funds is holding up the plan.

• Synonym停止ていしNeutralRefers to operations or business stopping or being suspended, as in 「営業停止」「運転停止」; common in news and notices, while 「ストップ」 is the everyday spoken word.
• Synonym中止ちゅうしNeutralFor planned events being cancelled or ongoing activities stopped for good, as in 「試合中止」; 「ストップ」 can be just a temporary pause.
• Synonym休止きゅうしWrittenAn activity pausing for a while to rest, for any length of time, as in 「活動休止」「休止符」; more at home in written prose than 「ストップ」.
• Synonym阻止そしWrittenWritten-style word for keeping something from happening or someone from carrying out an action, as in 「侵入を阻止する」「戦争を阻止する」; carries a confrontational nuance.
• Synonym打ち切りうちきりNeutralEnding something midway with no resumption, as in 「連載打ち切り」「交渉打ち切り」; stresses that it is over for good.
• Synonym防止ぼうしNeutralPreventing something bad from happening or spreading, as in 「事故防止」「被害拡大防止」; about prevention, whereas 「ストップ」 is about halting an action or operation.
• Synonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralSomething in progress breaking off midway, as in 「試合中断」, often with a resumption likely; close to 「ストップ」 in its pause sense.
• Synonym制止せいしWrittenHolding a person or animal back by word or deed, as in 「制止を振り切る」; usually targets people's behaviour, while 「ストップ」 also covers machines and operations.
• Synonym止まるとまるNeutralIntransitive: something moving or running comes to a stop, as in 「時計が止まる」; the most common everyday native word for this.
• Synonym止むやむNeutralIntransitive: rain, wind, or a sound dying down naturally, or a state ending, as in 「雨が止む」; not used for vehicles coming to a stop.
• Synonym止めるとめるNeutralTransitive: making something stop, turning it off, or parking it, as in 「車を止める」; more common in daily use than 「ストップする」.
• Synonym打ち切るうちきるNeutralTransitive: deliberately ending something midway on one's own initiative, as in 「交渉を打ち切る」; stresses it ends there and will not resume.
• Synonym一時停止いちじていしNeutralA temporary halt with resumption to follow; also the stop sign at intersections and railway crossings. Unlike 「ストップ」, it always implies the stop is temporary.
• Synonym終止しゅうしWrittenTermination or coming to an end, seen mostly in 「終止符を打つ」; strongly written in flavour, while 「ストップ」 is what you shout to call a halt.
• Related終結しゅうけつWrittenA war, dispute, or affair being brought fully to an end, as in 「戦争の終結」; more written in flavour, while 「ストップ」 can be a mere pause.
• Related終了しゅうりょうNeutralSomething finishing or being brought to a finish, as in 「受付終了」「強制終了」; 「ストップ」 does not necessarily mean it is over.
• Related止まるとまるNeutralIntransitive: something moving or running comes to a stop, as in 「時計が止まる」; the most common everyday native word for this.
• Related取りやめるとりやめるNeutralA verb for cancelling a planned event or undertaking, as in 「旅行を取りやめる」; 「ストップ」 is not limited to things already scheduled.
• AntonymスタートNeutralLoanword for starting or setting off, the direct opposite of the stopping 「ストップ」, as in a race start versus a call to halt.
• AntonymゴーCasualColloquial loanword for the signal to go ahead, often paired with 「ストップ」, as in 「ゴーサイン」.

Say 「ストップ」 to call a halt or a pause in speech. For machines or operations stopping use 「停止」, for cancelled events 「中止」, for something breaking off midway 「中断」, and for keeping something from happening 「阻止」. The opposite of stopping is 「スタート」. In everyday speech the verbs 「止まる」「止める」 handle most stopping, 「止む」 covers rain and the like letting up, and 「打ち切る」 means ending something for good.

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

1. 止とまること。停止ていし。
2. とめること。やめること。