Translation guide
A temporary solution used until something better can be arranged.
A short-term solution to an immediate problem, often implying it is not ideal.
The most common and natural way to express a stopgap measure. Literally 'temporary endurance'.
That's just a stopgap measure.
Emphasizes an ad-hoc, improvised solution for the immediate situation, often with a nuance of being makeshift.
Something that serves the purpose for now, a makeshift. Can be used as a noun or adjective.
A formal, written term for a stopgap or patch-up measure. Often used in political or business contexts.
Both mean a temporary fix, but 一時しのぎ focuses on the temporary nature (it won't last long), while その場しのぎ emphasizes that it was improvised on the spot to get through the immediate situation. その場しのぎ often carries a slightly more negative nuance of being a patchwork solution.
temporary fundraising (to buy time)
This measure is only a stopgap.
We took a stopgap measure.
間に合わせの解決策だ。
It's a stopgap solution.
政府は弥縫策に終始した。
The government resorted to stopgap measures.
a makeshift excuse (made up on the spot)
Do not translate 'stopgap' literally as 停止隙間 (ていしすきま) or similar. It is not natural Japanese.
This is just a stopgap measure until we find a permanent solution.
They used a stopgap measure to fix the leak.