凍結|とうけつtouketsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfreezing (e.g. water)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbfreezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 凍結する（とうけつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 凍結します（とうけつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 凍結しない（とうけつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 凍結しません（とうけつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 凍結せず・凍結せぬ（とうけつせず・とうけつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 凍結した（とうけつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 凍結しました（とうけつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 凍結しなかった（とうけつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 凍結しませんでした（とうけつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 凍結して（とうけつして） |
| Potential | 凍結できる（とうけつできる） |
| Passive | 凍結される（とうけつされる） |
| Causative | 凍結させる（とうけつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 凍結させられる（とうけつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 凍結すれば（とうけつすれば） |
| tara | 凍結したら（とうけつしたら） |
| Volitional | 凍結しよう（とうけつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 凍結しましょう（とうけつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 凍結しろ（とうけつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym凍るこおるNeutralEveryday verb for water and other liquids turning to ice. 「凍結」 is a Sino-Japanese word that also covers frozen assets, accounts and plans.
- SynonymフリーズCasualLoanword, usually for a computer locking up or a person freezing on the spot. Freezing assets or accounts is normally 「凍結」.
- Synonym凍てるいてるWrittenWritten, literary word for freezing in the cold, with a seasonal feel (a winter kigo). It cannot refer to freezing assets or plans.
- Synonym凍てつくいてつくWrittenWritten word stressing that something freezes solid; often describes bitter cold, as in 「凍てつく夜」. It has no sense of freezing assets.
- Synonym凍みるしみるCasualDialectal or colloquial for freezing through in the cold; examples are scarce. Everyday speech uses 「凍る」, and it never means freezing assets.
- Synonym凍りつくこおりつくNeutralMeans freezing over or sticking frozen to something, and figuratively freezing up with fear. 「凍結」 can also be used for funds and plans.
- Synonym氷結ひょうけつWrittenWritten word for water surfaces and the like freezing over; strictly physical. Icy roads are usually 「凍結」, and frozen assets only 「凍結」.
- Related凍え付くこごえつくWrittenSaid of people or animals going stiff and unable to move from the cold. 「凍結」 focuses on turning solid and also covers frozen assets.
- Antonym解凍かいとうNeutralThawing something frozen, and also decompressing data. It is the opposite of 「凍結」 in the physical sense of freezing.
- Antonym融解ゆうかいWrittenPhysics term for a solid melting into liquid when heated — the opposite of freezing as a change of state. Everyday speech says 「溶ける」.
For ice forming, the everyday verb is 「凍る」. 「凍結」 covers icy roads and the freezing of assets, accounts and plans. A computer locking up is 「フリーズ」, and literary descriptions of bitter cold use 「凍てつく」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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