休きゅう止し

きゅ

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し

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休止する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	休きゅう止しする	休きゅう止ししない
Polite	休きゅう止しします	休きゅう止ししません
Past polite	休きゅう止ししました	休きゅう止ししませんでした
Past	休きゅう止しした	休きゅう止ししなかった
Te-form	休きゅう止しして	休きゅう止ししないで
Desire	休きゅう止ししたい	休きゅう止ししたくない
Potential	休きゅう止しできる	休きゅう止しできない
Passive	休きゅう止しされる	休きゅう止しされない
Causative	休きゅう止しさせる	休きゅう止しさせない
Causative passive	休きゅう止しさせられる	休きゅう止しさせられない
Volitional	休きゅう止ししよう
Polite volitional	休きゅう止ししましょう
Imperative	休きゅう止ししろ	休きゅう止しするな
Conditional	休きゅう止しすれば	休きゅう止ししなければ
Tara conditional	休きゅう止ししたら	休きゅう止ししなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

pause; suspension; stoppage

Used for temporary or indefinite halting of activities, services, or operations. Often appears in formal or technical contexts such as business, transportation, and computing.

工こう事じのため、電でん車しゃの運うん行こうが休きゅう止しされた。
Train services were suspended due to construction.
システムのメンテナンス中ちゅうはサービスを休きゅう止しします。
The service will be paused during system maintenance.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を休きゅう止しするto suspend/pause something (a service, operation, etc.)
台たい風ふうのため、バスの運うん行こうを休きゅう止しする。
Bus service will be suspended due to the typhoon.
〈事こと〉を休きゅう止しするto pause/suspend an activity
そのグループは活かつ動どうを一いち年ねん間かん休きゅう止しした。
The group suspended its activities for a year.
〈物もの〉が休きゅう止し中ちゅうだsomething is currently suspended/on pause
このサービスは現げん在ざい休きゅう止し中ちゅうです。
This service is currently suspended.

Kanji

休rest, day off, retire
止stop, halt

Related words

停てい止しN3
停止 refers to a general stop or halt, often of movement or mechanical action, while 休止 implies a temporary suspension with the possibility of later resumption.
中ちゅう断だんN2
中断 emphasizes an abrupt interruption of an ongoing process, while 休止 describes deliberately putting something into a resting, paused state.
ブランク
休止 is a formal term for a pause or suspension of an activity, while ブランク is more casual and often implies rustiness after the break.
運うん休きゅうN1
休止 is a general word for any activity or service being paused, while 運休 is specifically about transportation services.

Opposites

再さい開かいN2
再開 means to resume something that had been stopped, the direct opposite of 休止, which means to pause or suspend it.
活かつ動どうN3
休止 means a pause or dormancy (e.g. a volcano going quiet), the natural opposite of 活動 meaning being active or operating.

Don't confuse with

中ちゅう止しN4
中止 means to cancel or discontinue an event entirely, whereas 休止 means only to pause it temporarily with the expectation of resuming later.

Counted with

回かいN4
休止 is counted with 回 when referring to how many times an occurrence of suspension has happened, e.g. 3回の休止.

Word family

休きゅう止し符ふ
rest (music)
小しょう休きゅう止し
short break; breather
一いち時じ休きゅう止し
temporary suspension; pause; adjournment; moratorium
休きゅう止し状じょう態たい
hibernation; sleep mode
活かつ動どう休きゅう止し
hiatus; suspension of activities
発はっ生せい休きゅう止し
embryonic diapause

Etymology

Compound of 休 (rest) and 止 (stop). The meaning is transparent from its components.