停止|ていしteishi[0]heiban (flat)
ちょうじchouji
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbstoppage; coming to a stop; halt; standstill
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); interruption (e.g. of electricity supply); cutting off
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition; ban
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 停止する（ていしする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 停止します（ていしします） |
| Negative (nai) | 停止しない（ていししない） |
| polite (masen) | 停止しません（ていししません） |
| classical zu / nu | 停止せず・停止せぬ（ていしせず・ていしせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 停止した（ていしした） |
| polite (mashita) | 停止しました（ていししました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 停止しなかった（ていししなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 停止しませんでした（ていししませんでした） |
| Te form | 停止して（ていしして） |
| Potential | 停止できる（ていしできる） |
| Passive | 停止される（ていしされる） |
| Causative | 停止させる（ていしさせる） |
| Causative passive | 停止させられる（ていしさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 停止すれば（ていしすれば） |
| tara | 停止したら（ていししたら） |
| Volitional | 停止しよう（ていししよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 停止しましょう（ていししましょう） |
| Imperative | 停止しろ（ていししろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym休止きゅうしNeutralA temporary pause or rest (「運転休止」「活動休止」); the point is stopping for the time being, with no certainty of resuming.
- Synonym中止ちゅうしNeutralCancelling something planned or stopping partway (「試合中止」「一時中止」); the point is that things do not go as originally planned.
- SynonymストップNeutralA loanword meaning to stop or call a halt (「ストップする」); common in colloquial speech.
- Synonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralAn interruption partway through (「放送中断」); things may continue afterwards.
- Synonym打ち切りうちきりNeutralCutting something off or ending it partway (「連載打ち切り」); stresses ending earlier than planned, and works for both active and passive cases.
- Synonym止まるとまるNeutralA verb for coming to a stop (「車が止まる」); intransitive and common in everyday speech.
- Synonym止めるとめるNeutralA verb for bringing something to a stop (「車を止める」); transitive.
- Synonym打ち切るうちきるNeutralA verb for terminating something partway (「交渉を打ち切る」).
- SynonymポーズNeutralA loanword for pausing video or games (「ポーズボタン」); narrow in use, while 「停止」 covers stopping in general.
- RelatedフリーズNeutralA loanword for a computer freezing up or a person freezing in place (「パソコンがフリーズ」).
- Related途絶とぜつWrittenWritten/formal prose for communications or transport being cut off (「連絡が途絶する」).
- Related止まるとまるNeutralA verb for coming to a stop (「車が止まる」); intransitive and common in everyday speech.
- Related取りやめるとりやめるNeutralA verb for cancelling a planned event (「旅行を取りやめる」).
- Antonym開始かいしNeutralThe start of an activity or operation (「営業開始」); the opposite of 「停止」 in starting versus stopping.
- Antonym起動きどうNeutralStarting up a machine or computer (「システム起動」); opposite to 「停止」 in its sense of operations halting.
- Antonym進行しんこうNeutralProgress or forward movement (「工事が進行する」); opposite to 「停止」 as continuing onward versus stopping.
Use 「停止」 for actions, operations or business coming to a halt, as in 「営業停止」「一時停止」. For a temporary pause pick 「休止」, for calling off something planned 「中止」, for an interruption partway 「中断」, and for cutting off midway 「打ち切り」; the opposites are 「開始」 and 「起動」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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