中止|ちゅうしchuushi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinterruption; discontinuance; suspension; stoppage
    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.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcancellation (of a planned event); calling off
    今日きょう予定よていの会合かいごうは中止ちゅうしになりました。↗
    Today's meeting has been canceled.
Conjugation
Dictionary form中止する(ちゅうしする)
Polite (masu)中止します(ちゅうしします)
Negative (nai)中止しない(ちゅうししない)
polite (masen)中止しません(ちゅうししません)
classical zu / nu中止せず・中止せぬ(ちゅうしせず・ちゅうしせぬ)
Past (ta)中止した(ちゅうしした)
polite (mashita)中止しました(ちゅうししました)
Past negative (nakatta)中止しなかった(ちゅうししなかった)
polite (masen deshita)中止しませんでした(ちゅうししませんでした)
Te form中止して(ちゅうしして)
Potential中止できる(ちゅうしできる)
Passive中止される(ちゅうしされる)
Causative中止させる(ちゅうしさせる)
Causative passive中止させられる(ちゅうしさせられる)
Conditional (ba)中止すれば(ちゅうしすれば)
tara中止したら(ちゅうししたら)
Volitional中止しよう(ちゅうししよう)
polite (mashou)中止しましょう(ちゅうししましょう)
Imperative中止しろ(ちゅうししろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralSomething already in progress breaks off partway and may or may not resume; 「中止」 is more about cancelling or giving up the whole thing.
  • Synonym打ち切りうちきりNeutralCutting something off before its natural end, with a forced feel, as in 「連載打ち切り」 for a serial being axed.
  • SynonymストップNeutralLoanword for stopping; frequent in colloquial speech, as in 「ストップをかける」.
  • Synonym休止きゅうしNeutralA temporary halt or rest, as in 「運転休止」「活動休止」; the focus is on pausing, with resumption left open, while 「中止」 leans toward cancelling.
  • SynonymキャンセルNeutralLoanword for cancelling reservations or orders; 「中止」 is mostly for cancelled events or plans.
  • SynonymやめるNeutralEveryday verb read やめる for stopping or giving up an activity; 「中止」 is the more formal word.
  • Synonym取り消すとりけすNeutralTo retract something already decided or said, as in 「予約を取り消す」.
  • Synonym打ち切るうちきるNeutralTo end or terminate something partway, as in 「交渉を打ち切る」.
  • Synonym停止ていしNeutralMovement or function coming to a halt, as in 「営業停止」「機能停止」.
  • Synonym取り消しとりけしNeutralNoun for cancelling or revoking, as in 「免許取り消し」.
  • Synonym一時停止いちじていしNeutralA temporary stop, as at a 「一時停止」 road sign or when pausing playback.
  • Related中絶ちゅうぜつNeutralNow mostly means abortion; its older sense of interruption is rare today.
  • Related切り上げるきりあげるNeutralTo wrap up early at a convenient stopping point, as in 「仕事を切り上げる」.
  • Related間断かんだんWrittenWritten word, used mostly in 「間断なく」 (without a break).
  • Related取りやめるとりやめるNeutralVerb for calling off a planned event or project; close to 「中止する」 but slightly more colloquial.
  • Related途切れとぎれNeutralA break in something continuous, as in 「会話の途切れ」, whether intended or not; 「中止」 is a decision not to go on.
  • Related差し止めるさしとめるWrittenWritten/formal: to forbid or restrain an action by order, as in 「出版を差し止める」; often a legal measure.
  • Antonym続行ぞっこうNeutralAntonym: carrying on with something, as in 「試合続行」.
  • Antonym継続けいぞくNeutralAntonym: keeping something going rather than stopping partway.

Choose 「中止」 for calling off a planned event or stopping it from going ahead. Use 「中断」 when something in progress breaks off partway, 「キャンセル」 or 「取り消す」 for cancelling reservations and orders, and 「止める」 for everyday stopping. Words like 「打ち切る」「停止」「休止」 cover other kinds of stopping, and 「続行」「継続」 are the opposites.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 途中とちゅうのままで終おえること。また、長ながく続つづいてきたことをやめること。
  2. 予定よていされていた出来事できごとをとりやめにすること。
  3. (国文法こくぶんぽう)述語じゅつご用言ようげんが連用形れんようけいをとっていったん区切くぎられ、そのあとに別べつの語句ごくが続つづくこと。
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