阻害・阻礙・阻碍|そがいsogai[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbobstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 阻害する(そがいする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 阻害します(そがいします) |
| Negative (nai) | 阻害しない(そがいしない) |
| polite (masen) | 阻害しません(そがいしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 阻害せず・阻害せぬ(そがいせず・そがいせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 阻害した(そがいした) |
| polite (mashita) | 阻害しました(そがいしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 阻害しなかった(そがいしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 阻害しませんでした(そがいしませんでした) |
| Te form | 阻害して(そがいして) |
| Potential | 阻害できる(そがいできる) |
| Passive | 阻害される(そがいされる) |
| Causative | 阻害させる(そがいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 阻害させられる(そがいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 阻害すれば(そがいすれば) |
| tara | 阻害したら(そがいしたら) |
| Volitional | 阻害しよう(そがいしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 阻害しましょう(そがいしましょう) |
| Imperative | 阻害しろ(そがいしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym妨害ぼうがいNeutralInterference or obstruction, as in 「営業妨害」 or 「電波妨害」; not necessarily malicious. 「阻害」 focuses on holding back growth or development.
- Synonym阻むはばむNeutralA verb for blocking someone's way or holding them back; the emphasis is on stopping forward movement.
- Synonym妨げるさまたげるNeutralA native-Japanese verb meaning to hinder or disturb, as in 「睡眠を妨げる」; broad in use.
- Synonym阻止そしNeutralStopping an act from taking place; the emphasis is on checking or halting something.
- Synonym障害しょうがいNeutralAn obstacle or barrier; also disability or a malfunction. The emphasis is on the thing that gets in the way.
- Synonym遮るさえぎるNeutralA verb for blocking a view or cutting into a conversation; the emphasis is on intercepting partway.
- Synonym妨げさまたげNeutralA native-Japanese noun for an obstruction or hindrance, or the thing that causes one.
- Synonym差し支えるさしつかえるNeutralA verb for causing inconvenience or interference, as in 「差し支えない」; the emphasis is on something being a hindrance.
- Related邪魔じゃまCasualBeing in the way or disturbing someone; the most common colloquial choice, also in the greeting 「お邪魔します」.
- Related封じるふうじるNeutralA verb for sealing something shut or blocking movement; the emphasis is on leaving something unable to act.
- Related防止ぼうしNeutralPrevention, as in 「事故防止」; the emphasis is on forestalling something in advance, not obstructing it.
- Related防ぐふせぐNeutralA verb for defending against something or keeping accidents and illness from occurring; preventive rather than obstructive.
- Related害するがいするWrittenWritten/formal prose: a verb for harming or damaging, as in 「健康を害する」; the emphasis is on the damage done.
- Related拒むこばむNeutralA verb for refusing or turning away; the emphasis is on not accepting something.
- Related禁止きんしNeutralProhibiting an act; the emphasis is on something being disallowed by rule.
- Related禁じるきんじるNeutralA verb for forbidding, also in the set phrase 「禁じ得ない」; belongs to written prose.
- Related断つたつNeutralA verb for severing or cutting off; the emphasis is on breaking a connection completely.
- Related遮断しゃだんNeutralCutting off traffic, electric current, or signals; the emphasis is on stopping a flow.
- Related障るさわるNeutralA verb for being harmful or getting in the way, as in 「気に障る」; the emphasis is on irritation.
- Related封鎖ふうさNeutralSealing off roads, ports, and the like; the emphasis is on forced closure.
- Related邪魔立てじゃまだてCasualDeliberately getting in someone's way; colloquial and derogatory.
- Related差し障るさしさわるNeutralA verb for having an adverse effect, as in 「健康に差し障る」; found mainly in written prose.
- Related差し止めるさしとめるFormalFormal: to order an action stopped, such as banning publication. 「阻害」 hinders development; it does not command a halt.
- Antonym促進そくしんNeutralAntonym: promoting or driving something forward; the opposite of 「阻害」.
- Antonym助長じょちょうNeutralAntonym: fostering or aiding development; the opposite of obstruction.
Use 「阻害」 for obstructing growth or development and causing harm, as in 「成長を阻害する」. For interfering with someone's activity say 「妨害」; for stopping an act outright say 「阻止」. Among verbs, 「妨げる」 is the broad everyday choice, 「阻む」 blocks a way forward, 「遮る」 blocks a view. For casual talk, 「邪魔」 covers being in the way. 「防止」 and 「防ぐ」 are preventive, not obstructive. The antonyms 「促進」 and 「助長」 mean promoting or fostering what 「阻害」 holds back.
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