現げん状じょう維い持じ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

maintaining the status quo

A yojijukugo used in formal or business contexts to express keeping things as they are, often with a nuance of resisting change.

• 会かい議ぎでは現げん状じょう維い持じを主しゅ張ちょうする声こえが多おおかった。

  At the meeting, many voices advocated maintaining the status quo.

• 改かい革かく派はは現げん状じょう維い持じに反はん対たいしている。

  The reformists are opposed to maintaining the status quo.