停車|ていしゃteisha[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbstopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
    この列車れっしゃは各駅かくえきに停車ていしゃする。↗
    This train stops at every station.
Conjugation
Dictionary form停車する(ていしゃする)
Polite (masu)停車します(ていしゃします)
Negative (nai)停車しない(ていしゃしない)
polite (masen)停車しません(ていしゃしません)
classical zu / nu停車せず・停車せぬ(ていしゃせず・ていしゃせぬ)
Past (ta)停車した(ていしゃした)
polite (mashita)停車しました(ていしゃしました)
Past negative (nakatta)停車しなかった(ていしゃしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)停車しませんでした(ていしゃしませんでした)
Te form停車して(ていしゃして)
Potential停車できる(ていしゃできる)
Passive停車される(ていしゃされる)
Causative停車させる(ていしゃさせる)
Causative passive停車させられる(ていしゃさせられる)
Conditional (ba)停車すれば(ていしゃすれば)
tara停車したら(ていしゃしたら)
Volitional停車しよう(ていしゃしよう)
polite (mashou)停車しましょう(ていしゃしましょう)
Imperative停車しろ(ていしゃしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related休止きゅうしWrittenA pause or suspension of an activity or service, not limited to vehicles; 停車 refers only to vehicles stopping. Written/formal prose.
  • Related一時停止いちじていしNeutralA brief, temporary stop or pause, familiar from the traffic sign 「一時停止」 and also used for pausing other things; 停車 focuses on a vehicle stopping.
  • Related停留ていりゅうWrittenStaying or remaining in one place, as in 「停留所」; unlike 停車 it is not restricted to vehicles. Written/formal prose.
  • Antonym発車はっしゃNeutralA train, bus or car starting to move; the direct opposite of 停車.
  • Antonym出発しゅっぱつNeutralDeparture or setting off; the opposite of 停車, which is a vehicle stopping.

Use 「停車」 for a train or car stopping, as in 「各駅停車」. Traffic signs say 「一時停止」; use 「休止」 for suspending an activity or service, and 「発車」 for a train pulling out.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 列車れっしゃや自動車じどうしゃを止とめておくこと。
  2. 車両しゃりょう等とうが一時的いちじてきに停止ていしすること。
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