撤廃|てっぱいteppai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbannulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
    彼女かのじょは女性じょせい差別さべつ撤廃てっぱいを主張しゅちょうした。↗
    She advocated equal rights for women.
Conjugation
Dictionary form撤廃する(てっぱいする)
Polite (masu)撤廃します(てっぱいします)
Negative (nai)撤廃しない(てっぱいしない)
polite (masen)撤廃しません(てっぱいしません)
classical zu / nu撤廃せず・撤廃せぬ(てっぱいせず・てっぱいせぬ)
Past (ta)撤廃した(てっぱいした)
polite (mashita)撤廃しました(てっぱいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)撤廃しなかった(てっぱいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)撤廃しませんでした(てっぱいしませんでした)
Te form撤廃して(てっぱいして)
Potential撤廃できる(てっぱいできる)
Passive撤廃される(てっぱいされる)
Causative撤廃させる(てっぱいさせる)
Causative passive撤廃させられる(てっぱいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)撤廃すれば(てっぱいすれば)
tara撤廃したら(てっぱいしたら)
Volitional撤廃しよう(てっぱいしよう)
polite (mashou)撤廃しましょう(てっぱいしましょう)
Imperative撤廃しろ(てっぱいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym廃止はいしNeutralCovers abolishing systems, projects and facilities broadly; 「撤廃」 typically means lifting restrictions, discrimination or tariffs, as in 「規制撤廃」.
  • Synonym廃するはいするWrittenWritten/formal prose: means abolishing, and also deposing a monarch; in everyday speech say 「廃止する」.
  • Related解消かいしょうNeutralDissolves relationships or eliminates problems, as in 「契約解消」 and 「ストレス解消」; 「撤廃」 targets systems and restrictions.
  • Related撤回てっかいNeutralRetracts opinions or proposals already put forward, as in 「発言を撤回する」; 「撤廃」 abolishes systems.

Use 「撤廃」 for lifting restrictions, discrimination or tariffs; 「廃止」 for abolishing systems and facilities; 「撤回」 for retracting opinions or proposals; 「解消」 for dissolving relationships or resolving problems.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 今いままで行おこなわれてきた制度せいどなどを取とりやめること。
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