凍結 (とうけつ, touketsu) Japanese meaning: freezing | Kotomora

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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。

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

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

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.

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