鎮圧|ちんあつchin'atsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
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.
- 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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