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凍結する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	凍とう結けつする	凍とう結けつしない
Polite	凍とう結けつします	凍とう結けつしません
Past polite	凍とう結けつしました	凍とう結けつしませんでした
Past	凍とう結けつした	凍とう結けつしなかった
Te-form	凍とう結けつして	凍とう結けつしないで
Desire	凍とう結けつしたい	凍とう結けつしたくない
Potential	凍とう結けつできる	凍とう結けつできない
Passive	凍とう結けつされる	凍とう結けつされない
Causative	凍とう結けつさせる	凍とう結けつさせない
Causative passive	凍とう結けつさせられる	凍とう結けつさせられない
Volitional	凍とう結けつしよう
Polite volitional	凍とう結けつしましょう
Imperative	凍とう結けつしろ	凍とう結けつするな
Conditional	凍とう結けつすれば	凍とう結けつしなければ
Tara conditional	凍とう結けつしたら	凍とう結けつしなかったら

Meanings

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

freezing; becoming frozen

Intransitive use for water, liquids, or surfaces turning into ice. Also used as a noun for the state of being frozen.

寒かん波ぱで湖みずうみが凍とう結けつした。
The lake froze due to the cold wave.
道どう路ろの凍とう結けつに注ちゅう意いしてください。
Please be careful of icy roads.

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

freeze; moratorium; suspension

Transitive use for deliberately freezing assets, prices, wages, accounts, or projects. Often used in economic, legal, or administrative contexts.

政せい府ふは預よ金きん口こう座ざを凍とう結けつした。
The government froze the bank accounts.
新しん規きプロジェクトは予よ算さん凍とう結けつで止とまっている。
The new project is on hold due to a budget freeze.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が凍とう結けつするfor something (water, a road, etc.) to freeze
今朝けさは道どう路ろが凍とう結けつしていて危あぶなかった。
This morning the road was frozen over and it was dangerous.
〈物もの〉を凍とう結けつするto freeze (assets, prices, wages, etc.)
政せい府ふはその国くにの資し産さんを凍とう結けつした。
The government froze that country's assets.
〈事こと〉の凍とう結けつ措そ置ちをとるto take measures to freeze something (a plan, negotiations, etc.)
会かい社しゃは新しん規きプロジェクトの凍とう結けつ措そ置ちをとった。
The company took measures to freeze the new project.
凍とう結けつを解かい除じょするto lift a freeze (on assets, accounts, etc.)
口こう座ざの凍とう結けつがようやく解かい除じょされた。
The freeze on the account was finally lifted.

Expressions

凍とう結けつされた紛ふん争そうfrozen conflict

Kanji

凍frozen, congeal, refrigerate
結tie, bind, contract

Transitive / intransitive

凍結 itself is used both intransitively for natural freezing, as in 湖が凍結する (the lake freezes), and transitively for deliberately halting something, as in 政府が資産を凍結する (the government freezes the assets).

Related words· 8

冷れい凍とうN3sense 1
冷凍 refers to intentional freezing, especially of food (冷凍食品), while 凍結 covers both natural freezing and figurative freezing of assets or projects.
氷ひょう結けつ sense 1
氷結 is a more technical or literary word for water turning to ice, whereas 凍結 is the everyday term for the same process and also covers figurative freezes.
フリーズ
凍結 is the formal, technical term for freezing (e.g. of assets or accounts), while フリーズ is the casual loanword used for physical or computer freezing.
凝ぎょう固こ
凍結 specifically means freezing into ice, while 凝固 is the broader term covering coagulation and solidification generally.

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フロスト
凍結 refers to something freezing solid (roads, pipes, funds), whereas フロスト specifically names the fine white frost crystals themselves.
棚たな上あげ
凍結 (freezing) is used for formally halting a plan, project, or funds, while 棚上げ has a slightly softer, more general nuance of setting an issue aside.
固こ定ていN1
凍結 means to 'freeze' a price, rate, or asset, usually temporarily, while 固定 means to set it at a constant level more generally.
据すえ置おきN1
凍結 means freezing wages, prices, or funds to halt any change, while 据え置き is the more neutral term for simply keeping something as it currently stands.

Opposites

解かい凍とう sense 1
解凍 means to thaw or defrost something, the direct opposite of 凍結 in its literal sense of freezing.
解かい除じょN1sense 2
解除 means to lift or cancel a restriction, the opposite of 凍結 when it refers to freezing assets, prices, or projects.

Word family· 22

凍とう結けつ卵らん
frozen eggs · cryopreserved oocyte; frozen ovum
凍とう結けつ器き
freezer
凍とう結けつ肩かた
frozen shoulder; adhesive capsulitis
凍とう結けつ胚はい
frozen embryo
凍とう結けつ乾かん燥そう
freeze-drying; lyophilization

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凍とう結けつ保ほ存ぞん
cryopreservation; freeze-preservation
凍とう結けつ卵らん子し
cryopreserved oocyte; frozen ovum
凍とう結けつ手しゅ術じゅつ
cryosurgery
凍とう結けつ濃のう縮しゅく
freeze concentration; concentration by freezing
凍とう結けつ療りょう法ほう
cryotherapy

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Etymology

Compound of 凍 (freeze) and 結 (bind, tie). The combination conveys the idea of becoming solid or fixed through freezing, extended metaphorically to economic and administrative contexts.