停てい止し

also: ちょうじ

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

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

Meanings

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

stoppage; halt; standstill

General term for something coming to a stop or being stopped, used for vehicles, machinery, movement, or processes. Can be both intransitive (something stops) and transitive (someone stops something).

電でん車しゃが緊きん急きゅう停てい止しした。
The train made an emergency stop.
エンジンを停てい止ししてください。
Please stop the engine.

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

cessation; suspension; interruption

Used when an activity, service, or supply is halted, often temporarily. Common in contexts like operations, electricity, water, or broadcasting.

工こう場じょうの操そう業ぎょうを停てい止しする。
Suspend factory operations.
停てい電でんで電でん気きの供きょう給きゅうが停てい止しした。
The electricity supply was cut off due to a power outage.

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

suspension (of a license, payment, etc.); prohibition; ban

Refers to an official or formal temporary halt, such as suspending a license, payment, or imposing a ban. Typically transitive.

運うん転てん免めん許きょの停てい止し処しょ分ぶんを受うけた。
I received a suspension of my driver's license.
政せい府ふはその取とり引ひきを停てい止しした。
The government suspended the transaction.

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

suspension of music and dance as mourning

archaic

Only with reading ちょうじ

Archaic term for the suspension of music, dance, and other entertainments as a sign of mourning for a prominent person. Read as ちょうじ.

古ふるくは、天皇てんのうの崩ほう御ぎょに際さいして音おん楽がくの停止ちょうじが行おこなわれた。
In ancient times, a suspension of music was observed upon the death of an emperor.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が停てい止しするfor something (a vehicle, machine, process) to come to a stop
電でん車しゃが急きゅうに停てい止しした。
The train suddenly came to a stop.
〈物もの〉を停てい止しするto halt or suspend something
工こう場じょうは生せい産さんを一いち時じ停てい止しした。
The factory temporarily halted production.
〈物もの〉の供きょう給きゅうが停てい止しするfor a supply (electricity, water, etc.) to be cut off
大おお雨あめのため水すい道どうの供きょう給きゅうが停てい止しした。
The water supply was cut off due to heavy rain.
〈物もの〉が停てい止しされるfor something (a license, payment, etc.) to be officially suspended
彼かれの運うん転てん免めん許きょは一いち年ねん間かん停てい止しされた。
His driver's license was suspended for one year.

Kanji

停halt, stopping
止stop, halt

Transitive / intransitive

停止 itself is used both transitively and intransitively: intransitively as in 電車が停止した (the train stopped), and transitively as in 会社が生産を停止した (the company halted production).

Related words· 13

中ちゅう止しN4sense 1
中止 means calling off an event or plan before or during it, while 停止 refers to stopping something that is already running or in progress.
休きゅう止し sense 2
休止 stresses a temporary rest with an expectation of resuming, whereas 停止 can be either temporary or permanent.
中ちゅう断だんN2sense 2
中断 highlights an activity being interrupted partway through, while 停止 more broadly covers any stopping, including of machines or movement.
止とめるN5
停止する is a formal, technical synonym for 止める used for stopping machines, vehicles, or processes.

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不ふ通つうN2
停止 is a general word for stopping something (machines, movement, services), whereas 不通 specifically means a connection or route has become impassable.
静せい止しN1
停止 focuses on the act of halting or suspending motion, an operation, or a service, while 静止 describes the resulting state of having no movement at all.
止とまるN4
停止する is a formal, technical word for stopping (used for machines, traffic, systems), while 止まる is the everyday, general word for the same idea.
差さし止とめ
停止 means suspension or stoppage and can be voluntary or technical, whereas 差し止め is imposed from outside, typically by a court or authority.
停てい車しゃN3
停止 is the broader word for anything coming to a halt (machines, processes, vehicles), while 停車 specifically refers to a vehicle stopping.
モラトリアム
停止 simply means a halt or stoppage of any activity, whereas モラトリアム specifically implies a temporary, officially sanctioned suspension with an expected resumption.
ストップN3
停止 is a formal, often technical or legal term for stopping, while ストップ is more casual and commonly used in spoken or everyday contexts.
麻ま痺ひN1
停止 is a neutral word for something stopping or halting, while 麻痺 (figurative) implies a system or function being incapacitated, often against its will.
閉へい鎖さN1
停止 means a suspension or halt in operation, often temporary, while 閉鎖 implies a more definitive or physical closing down.

Opposites· 12

継けい続ぞくN2sense 1
継続 means to continue or keep going, the direct opposite of 停止's sense of coming to a halt.
再さい開かいN2sense 2
再開 means to resume something after a pause, contrasting with 停止's meaning of stopping or suspending it.
執しっ行こうN1
執行 means carrying a legal order into effect, while 停止 means halting or suspending that same process, as in 執行停止.

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駆く動どう
停止 means a machine has stopped moving, the opposite state to 駆動, in which power is being transmitted to drive it.
始し動どう
停止 means a machine or process stops, the direct opposite of 始動, which means it starts up.
走そう行こうN1
走行 describes a vehicle moving or running, while 停止 describes it coming to a stop.
稼か働どう
停止 means to stop or halt, the direct opposite of 稼働, which means to be in operation.
起き動どうN2
停止 means to stop or halt, the direct opposite of 起動 which means to start up.
作さ動どうN1
停止 means to stop or halt, the direct opposite of 作動, which means to operate or run.
発はつ動どう
停止 means to halt or suspend something, the opposite of 発動 which means to put it into action.
運うん転てんN5
停止 means a machine or system has stopped, the opposite of 運転, which means it is running or operating.
発はっ進しん
停止 means stopping, the opposite of 発進 when it describes a vehicle starting to move from a stop.

Don't confuse with

制せい止しN1sense 1
制止 sounds similar to 停止 but means to restrain or hold someone back from doing something, not to bring a process to a halt.
停てい滞たいN1sense 1
停滞 shares the kanji 停 with 停止 but means stagnation or congestion (e.g. traffic), not an outright stop.

Counted with

回かいN4
停止 is counted with 回 when referring to the number of times a stoppage occurs, as in 停止が2回あった.

Word family· 35

停てい止し液えき
stop bath; stop solution
停てい止し線せん
stop line
停てい止し階かい
floors at which an elevator stops
心しん停てい止し
cardiac arrest
一いち時じ停てい止し
suspension; pause; temporary halt; moratorium · stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)

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供きょう給きゅう停てい止し
supply stoppage; outage
停てい止し位い置ち
stopping position
停てい止し価か格かく
pegged price; fixed price
停てい止し信しん号ごう
stop signal; stoplight
停てい止し問もん題だい
halting problem

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Written forms

停止Usage100%
- ていし
  Standard kanji spelling for the common reading ていし.
- ちょうじ
  Archaic reading used only in the historical mourning sense.
ちょうじ

Etymology

Compound of 停 (stop, halt) and 止 (stop). The reading ていし is the standard on'yomi. The archaic reading ちょうじ uses the older go-on reading for 停.