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阻止 (そし, soshi) Japanese meaning: obstruction | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 阻止する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 阻そ 止し する 阻そ 止し しない Polite 阻そ 止し します 阻そ 止し しません Past polite 阻そ 止し しました 阻そ 止し しませんでした Past 阻そ 止し した 阻そ 止し しなかった Te-form 阻そ 止し して 阻そ 止し しないで Desire 阻そ 止し したい 阻そ 止し したくない Potential 阻そ 止し できる 阻そ 止し できない Passive 阻そ 止し される 阻そ 止し されない Causative 阻そ 止し させる 阻そ 止し させない Causative passive 阻そ 止し させられる 阻そ 止し させられない Volitional 阻そ 止し しよう Polite volitional 阻そ 止し しましょう Imperative 阻そ 止し しろ 阻そ 止し するな Conditional 阻そ 止し すれば 阻そ 止し しなければ Tara conditional 阻そ 止し したら 阻そ 止し しなかったら
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The government announced new measures to prevent the spread of infection.
We block the enemy's attack.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 阻そ 止し する to block/prevent an action, plan, or attempt
The police prevented the terrorist plot beforehand.
〈 相あい 手て 〉 の 攻こう 撃げき を 阻そ 止し する to block/stop an opponent's attack or advance
The defender blocked the opponent's attack.
Kanji 阻 thwart, separate from, prevent Related words· 14 防止 means preventing something bad from happening in the first place, while 阻止 means actively stopping an action or attempt that is already underway.
妨害 suggests interfering with or hindering progress (often deliberately and disruptively), whereas 阻止 focuses on completely blocking or halting the action.
抑止 means to deter or hold back (often used for deterrence, like nuclear deterrence), while 阻止 means to actively stop something in progress.
阻止 focuses on preventing an action or plan from succeeding, while 制止 more often means directly stopping or restraining a person in the moment.
Show 10 more 阻止 means to block or prevent something from happening in general, while 迎撃 specifically means to actively engage and destroy an incoming attacker like a missile or aircraft.
阻止する is a more formal, often organizational term for stopping or preventing something, whereas 阻む is used in both concrete and abstract contexts.
阻止 focuses on stopping or preventing an action or movement from happening, while 遮断 emphasizes physically or completely severing a flow or connection.
阻止 focuses on stopping an action or advance from happening, while シャットアウト emphasizes completely sealing someone or something out.
Opposites 促進 means to promote or encourage progress, the opposite of 阻止, which means to block or stop it.
推進 means to actively push a plan or policy forward, while 阻止 means to block or stop it.
Word family firmly blocking; resolutely preventing; standing firmly against
battlefield air interdiction
macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MMIF
Written forms 阻そ 止し Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news term.
沮そ 止し Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 阻 (そ, 'to obstruct') and 止 (し, 'to stop'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of blocking or preventing.
阻止する is a more formal, often deliberate act of blocking or stopping an action or plan, whereas 食い止める emphasizes containing something that is already spreading.
阻止する means to block or prevent an action outright, whereas 引き止める implies a gentler, persuasive attempt to make someone stay.
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.
阻止する is a more formal synonym for 止める meaning to block or prevent someone from doing something.
阻止する emphasizes actively stopping an action or plan from happening, while 封じる often implies suppressing or sealing off something already present.
阻止 usually means actively stopping a specific action before it happens, while 阻害 refers to hindering an ongoing process or function.
