抑よく止し

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

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

Meanings

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

deterrence; restraint; suppression

Used for preventing undesirable actions or events through measures, policies, or force. Often appears in contexts like crime, war, or policy.

核かく抑よく止し力りょくは冷れい戦せん時じ代だいの重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんだった。
Nuclear deterrence was an important concept during the Cold War era.
警けい察さつのパトロールが犯はん罪ざいを抑よく止しする効こう果かがある。
Police patrols have the effect of deterring crime.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を抑よく止しするto deter or prevent something from happening
核かく兵へい器きは戦せん争そうを抑よく止しする目もく的てきで保ほ有ゆうされていると言いわれる。
It is said that nuclear weapons are held with the aim of deterring war.
〈事こと〉の抑よく止しに努つとめるto work to deter or prevent something
警けい察さつは犯はん罪ざいの抑よく止しに努つとめている。
The police are working to deter crime.

Kanji

抑repress, well, now
止stop, halt

Related words

抑よく制せい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.
防ぼう止しN3
防止 is a general word for preventing accidents, damage, or unwanted events, while 抑止 more specifically implies deterrence through force, policy, or deliberate pressure.
阻そ止しN1
阻止 means to actively block or stop an action that is already underway, whereas 抑止 usually means deterring something before it starts.

Opposites

促そく進しんN1
抑止 means to deter or hold something back, while 促進 means to actively promote or encourage it to happen.

Don't confuse with

抑よく圧あつN1
抑止 shares the kanji 抑 with 抑圧 but means preventing something from occurring, while 抑圧 means forcibly suppressing or oppressing something that already exists, such as emotions or people.
抑よく制せい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

抑よく止し力りょく
deterrence; deterrent power
抑よく止し論ろん
deterrence theory
核かく抑よく止し
nuclear deterrence
抑よく止し信しん号ごう
inhibiting signal
抑よく止し効こう果か
deterrent effect; chilling effect; restraining effect
印いん字じ抑よく止し機き能のう
nonprint function; print suppression feature

Etymology

Compound of 抑 (suppress) and 止 (stop). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of deterrence or restraint.