スト
Meanings
1
strike; industrial action
abbreviation
Common abbreviated form of ストライキ. Used for workers collectively stopping work as a labor action; often appears in phrases such as ストに入る, ストを行う, and ストで止まる.
See also: ストライキ
The labor union will go on strike from tomorrow.
Some trains stopped running because of the strike.
Usage patterns
- ストに入るto go on strike
The workers went on strike starting today.
- ストを行うto carry out a strike
The union carried out a strike demanding a pay raise.
- 〈場所〉がストで止まるfor a place/service to be shut down by a strike
I was in trouble because the trains stopped due to a strike.