鎮圧|ちんあつchin'atsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
    The troops easily put down the rebellion.
Conjugation
Dictionary form鎮圧する(ちんあつする)
Polite (masu)鎮圧します(ちんあつします)
Negative (nai)鎮圧しない(ちんあつしない)
polite (masen)鎮圧しません(ちんあつしません)
classical zu / nu鎮圧せず・鎮圧せぬ(ちんあつせず・ちんあつせぬ)
Past (ta)鎮圧した(ちんあつした)
polite (mashita)鎮圧しました(ちんあつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)鎮圧しなかった(ちんあつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)鎮圧しませんでした(ちんあつしませんでした)
Te form鎮圧して(ちんあつして)
Potential鎮圧できる(ちんあつできる)
Passive鎮圧される(ちんあつされる)
Causative鎮圧させる(ちんあつさせる)
Causative passive鎮圧させられる(ちんあつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)鎮圧すれば(ちんあつすれば)
tara鎮圧したら(ちんあつしたら)
Volitional鎮圧しよう(ちんあつしよう)
polite (mashou)鎮圧しましょう(ちんあつしましょう)
Imperative鎮圧しろ(ちんあつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related抑圧よくあつWrittenWritten/formal prose: sustained oppression of freedom or feelings, as in 「言論の抑圧」. 鎮圧 is about quelling a riot or revolt by force.
  • Related抑制よくせいNeutralNeutral: holding something down in degree or keeping it from arising, as in 「インフレの抑制」; 鎮圧 quells a disturbance that has already broken out.
  • Antonym蜂起ほうきWrittenWritten/formal prose: people rising in revolt en masse, as in 「民衆の蜂起」— the opposite of 鎮圧, which puts such an uprising down.
  • Antonym反乱はんらんNeutralNeutral: rebellion against those in power; it is the very thing 鎮圧 suppresses, so the two words stand as opposites.

Use 「鎮圧」 for putting down a riot or revolt by force, as in 「暴動を鎮圧する」「鎮圧部隊」. For long-term suppression say 「抑圧」, for keeping levels in check 「抑制」; the opposite side is 「蜂起」 and 「反乱」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 反乱はんらん・騒さわぎなどを押さえ付おさえつけて静しずめること。
  2. 耕地こうちを鋤き起すきおこし、地面じめんを押さえ付おさえつけて平たいらにすること。
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