抑

Meaning

抑 centers on holding something back or keeping it under control: repressing, pressing down, or sealing. The meanings 'well', 'now', 'in the first place', and 'do in spite of' are grammatical uses that grow from the idea of pausing or restraining the flow of a sentence.

• 抑えおさえ

  weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down

• 抑制よくせい
  N1

  control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb

• 抑えるおさえる
  N2

  to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to curb; to hold in check

• 抑圧よくあつ
  N1

  check; restraint; oppression; suppression

• 抑止よくし
  N1

  keeping in check; holding back; deterrence; restraint; suppression

• 抑留よくりゅう

  internment; detainment; detention

• 抑揚よくよう
  N1

  intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

• 抑そも

  after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

• シベリア抑留シベリアよくりゅう

  detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II

• ゼロ抑制ゼロよくせい

  zero suppression

• フロン排出抑制法フロンはいしゅつよくせいほう

  Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons

• 事前抑制じぜんよくせい

  prior restraint

• 人口抑制じんこうよくせい

  population control

• 人権抑圧じんけんよくあつ

  suppression of human rights

• 免疫抑制剤めんえきよくせいざい

  immunosuppressant (drug)

• 印字抑止機能いんじよくしきのう

  nonprint function

• 圧力抑制あつりょくよくせい

  pressure suppression (e.g. pool, container in a nuclear power plant)

• 圧力抑制プールあつりょくよくせいプール

  pressure suppression pool (nuclear reactor)

• 圧力抑制室あつりょくよくせいしつ

  suppression pool (nuclear reactor); pressure suppression chamber

• 圧抑あつよく

  check; restraint; oppression; suppression

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