Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 差さ し 止と めを 求もと める to seek an injunction against something
The residents filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the construction.
〈 事こと 〉 の 差さ し 止と めを 命めい じる for a court to order the suspension of something
The court ordered a ban on the publication.
差さ し 止と め 処しょ 分ぶん を 受う ける to be subjected to a suspension/injunction order
The company was subjected to a business suspension order.
Kanji 差 distinction, difference, variation Related words 禁止 is a general word for prohibition used in everyday rules and regulations, while 差し止め specifically denotes an authoritative or legal order that halts a specific act.
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.
中止 means calling something off or discontinuing it, often by the doer's own decision, while 差し止め is an external legal order stopping it.
阻止 emphasizes actively blocking or preventing an action from happening, while 差し止め is the formal legal/administrative measure that achieves a similar stoppage.
Written forms 差さ し 止と め Usage 40%
Standard spelling with okurigana; common in news and legal contexts.
差さし 止とめ Usage 60%
Abbreviated form, mostly found in legal headings or older texts.
差さし 止と め
Variant without the medial okurigana し ; seen in some official documents.
Etymology Compound of 差し (continuative form of 差す , 'to hold out' or 'to present') + 止め (continuative form of 止める , 'to stop'). Literally 'presenting a stop', referring to an official order to halt something.
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