沈滞|ちんたいchintai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbstagnation; inactivity
Conjugation
Dictionary form沈滞する(ちんたいする)
Polite (masu)沈滞します(ちんたいします)
Negative (nai)沈滞しない(ちんたいしない)
polite (masen)沈滞しません(ちんたいしません)
classical zu / nu沈滞せず・沈滞せぬ(ちんたいせず・ちんたいせぬ)
Past (ta)沈滞した(ちんたいした)
polite (mashita)沈滞しました(ちんたいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)沈滞しなかった(ちんたいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)沈滞しませんでした(ちんたいしませんでした)
Te form沈滞して(ちんたいして)
Potential沈滞できる(ちんたいできる)
Passive沈滞される(ちんたいされる)
Causative沈滞させる(ちんたいさせる)
Causative passive沈滞させられる(ちんたいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)沈滞すれば(ちんたいすれば)
tara沈滞したら(ちんたいしたら)
Volitional沈滞しよう(ちんたいしよう)
polite (mashou)沈滞しましょう(ちんたいしましょう)
Imperative沈滞しろ(ちんたいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym不活発ふかっぱつNeutralNeutral word for being inactive or sluggish; it stresses a lack of energy, while 「沈滞」 stresses a gloomy, stagnant mood that goes nowhere.
  • Synonym不活動ふかつどうWrittenWritten word, used less often, for inaction — doing nothing or lacking the drive to act; it does not stress a gloomy, stagnant mood.
  • Antonym活発かっぱつNeutralNeutral antonym: lively and energetic; it stands at the opposite pole from the lifeless 「沈滞」.
  • Antonym活況かっきょうWrittenWritten word for the bustling prosperity of markets, venues or events; often seen in news; the opposite of stagnant, depressed 「沈滞」.

Use 「沈滞」 for stagnation and a lack of vitality, as in 「沈滞ムード」 or 「市場の沈滞」. For simply being inactive, say 「不活発」; the antonyms are 「活発」 and, in formal prose, 「活況」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 底そこのほうに沈しずみ、滞とどこおっていること。
  2. 淀よどんで活気かっきが無ないこと。
  3. 長ながく下位かいの職しょくにあって昇進しょうしんしないこと。
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