抑よく制せい

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抑制する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	抑よく制せいする	抑よく制せいしない
Polite	抑よく制せいします	抑よく制せいしません
Past polite	抑よく制せいしました	抑よく制せいしませんでした
Past	抑よく制せいした	抑よく制せいしなかった
Te-form	抑よく制せいして	抑よく制せいしないで
Desire	抑よく制せいしたい	抑よく制せいしたくない
Potential	抑よく制せいできる	抑よく制せいできない
Passive	抑よく制せいされる	抑よく制せいされない
Causative	抑よく制せいさせる	抑よく制せいさせない
Causative passive	抑よく制せいさせられる	抑よく制せいさせられない
Volitional	抑よく制せいしよう
Polite volitional	抑よく制せいしましょう
Imperative	抑よく制せいしろ	抑よく制せいするな
Conditional	抑よく制せいすれば	抑よく制せいしなければ
Tara conditional	抑よく制せいしたら	抑よく制せいしなかったら

Meanings

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

control; restraint; suppression

Used for holding back, limiting, or keeping something in check, such as emotions, desires, prices, or growth. Often appears in formal, technical, or policy contexts.

政せい府ふは物ぶっ価かの上じょう昇しょうを抑よく制せいするための政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced policies to curb rising prices.
彼かれは怒いかりを抑よく制せいできずに声こえを荒あららげた。
Unable to control his anger, he raised his voice.
この薬くすりは炎えん症しょうを抑よく制せいする効こう果かがある。
This medicine has the effect of suppressing inflammation.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を抑よく制せいするto suppress or hold back (an emotion, urge, growth, etc.)
彼かれは怒いかりの感かん情じょうを抑よく制せいした。
He suppressed his feelings of anger.
〈物もの〉の増ぞう加かを抑よく制せいするto curb the increase of (something, e.g. prices, population)
政せい府ふは物ぶっ価かの増ぞう加かを抑よく制せいする政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced a policy to curb the rise in prices.
抑よく制せいが効きくfor restraint or control to work effectively
この薬くすりは食しょく欲よくの抑よく制せいが効きくようだ。
This medicine seems to effectively suppress appetite.
抑よく制せいがきかないto be unable to control or restrain oneself
興こう奮ふんして抑よく制せいがきかなくなった。
He got so excited he lost all self-control.

Kanji

抑repress, well, now
制system, law, rule

Related words· 14

抑よく圧あつN1
抑圧 implies stronger, often oppressive suppression, especially of feelings or freedoms, while 抑制 refers to moderate, controlled restraint.
制せい御ぎょN1
制御 means actively steering or regulating a system or process, while 抑制 focuses on holding back something that tends to grow or intensify.
自じ制せい
自制 specifically means self-restraint over one's own desires or emotions, while 抑制 can apply to controlling anything, including external factors like prices or growth.
歯は止どめN1
抑制 is a general, formal word for suppressing or controlling something, while 歯止め specifically evokes stopping a trend that is already gaining momentum.

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牽けん制せい
抑制 means suppressing or controlling something like emotions or prices, while 牽制 focuses on holding someone back through indirect pressure or strategic action.
抑よく止しN1
抑止 emphasizes preventing an action or event from happening in the first place, while 抑制 focuses on controlling or curbing something that already exists, like emotions or prices.
抑おさえるN2
抑制する is a more formal, slightly clinical word for restraining desires, growth, or emotions, while 抑える is the everyday verb used for the same idea.
ブレーキN3
ブレーキ (used figuratively) suggests a sudden, external check on a process, while 抑制 is the more formal, general word for holding something back or controlling it.
封ふうじ
抑制 means suppression or restraint in a broad, often physiological or emotional sense, whereas 封じ carries a stronger nuance of magically or forcibly sealing something away.
セーブ
抑制 means to suppress or hold back an impulse or emotion, whereas セーブ is used more casually for reducing consumption or effort.
制せい止しN1
抑制 means suppressing or regulating impulses, growth, or effects over time, while 制止 is a more direct, immediate act of stopping someone.
制せいするN1
抑制する is a clinical, often technical term for suppressing an impulse or reaction, while 制する is a more general literary verb for holding something in check.
防ぼう止しN3
抑制 means to hold back or restrain something ongoing (like emotions or growth), while 防止 focuses on stopping a specific bad event from happening at all.
阻そ害がい
抑制 means suppression or restraint of something (often an internal reaction or growth), whereas 阻害 focuses on blocking an external process from proceeding.

Opposites· 7

促そく進しんN1
促進 means to promote or encourage something's growth or progress, the direct opposite of 抑制's holding back or suppressing.
誘ゆう発はつ
誘発 means to induce or trigger a reaction, while 抑制 means to suppress or hold it back.
促そく成せいN1
抑制 means to suppress or hold back growth, the opposite of 促成, which means to hasten or force growth.

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喚かん起き
抑制 means to suppress or restrain a feeling or reaction, the opposite of 喚起, which means to arouse or evoke one.
拍はく車しゃ
拍車（をかける）means to accelerate a trend, while 抑制（する）means to hold it back or restrain it.
促うながすN1
抑制する means to suppress or hold back a process, the opposite of 促す's sense of stimulating or accelerating growth.
奨しょう励れいN1
抑制 means to suppress or hold back, the opposite of 奨励's meaning of encouraging or promoting.

Don't confuse with

抑よく止しN1
抑止 means to deter or prevent something from happening in the first place (e.g. war), whereas 抑制 means to restrain or moderate something that is already occurring or tending to increase.

Word family· 14

抑よく制せい剤ざい
inhibitor; depressant; suppressant; retardant
抑よく制せい性せい
inhibitory; suppressive
ゼロ抑よく制せい
zero suppression
事じ前ぜん抑よく制せい
prior restraint
人じん口こう抑よく制せい
population control

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圧あつ力りょく抑よく制せい
pressure suppression
抑よく制せい栽さい培ばい
late raising; growth suppression cultivation
排はい出しゅつ抑よく制せい
emission limitation; emission control
無む音おん抑よく制せい
silence suppression
自じ己こ抑よく制せい
self-restraint; self-control; abstinence

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Etymology

Compound of 抑 (suppress, restrain) and 制 (control, system). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys the idea of holding back or limiting.