阻そ止し

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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

Meanings

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

obstruction; prevention; blocking

Actively stopping something from happening or progressing; often used in formal, political, or technical contexts.

政せい府ふは感かん染せん拡かく大だいを阻そ止しするために新あらたな対たい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced new measures to prevent the spread of infection.
敵てきの攻こう撃げきを阻そ止しする。
We block the enemy's attack.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を阻そ止しするto block/prevent an action, plan, or attempt
警けい察さつはテロ計けい画かくを事じ前ぜんに阻そ止しした。
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
ディフェンダーが相あい手ての攻こう撃げきを阻そ止しした。
The defender blocked the opponent's attack.

Kanji

阻thwart, separate from, prevent
止stop, halt
沮stop, prevent, defeated

Related words· 14

防ぼう止しN3
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.
妨ぼう害がいN1
妨害 suggests interfering with or hindering progress (often deliberately and disruptively), whereas 阻止 focuses on completely blocking or halting the action.
抑よく止しN1
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.
制せい止しN1
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.

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迎げい撃げき
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.
阻はばむN1
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.
遮しゃ断だん
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.
シャットアウト
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.
食くい止とめるN1
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.
引ひき止とめるN2
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.
差さし止とめ
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.
止とめるN5
阻止する is a more formal synonym for 止める meaning to block or prevent someone from doing something.
封ふうじる
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.
阻そ害がい
阻止 usually means actively stopping a specific action before it happens, while 阻害 refers to hindering an ongoing process or function.

Opposites

促そく進しんN1
促進 means to promote or encourage progress, the opposite of 阻止, which means to block or stop it.
推すい進しんN1
推進 means to actively push a plan or policy forward, while 阻止 means to block or stop it.

Word family

断だん固こ阻そ止し
firmly blocking; resolutely preventing; standing firmly against
戦せん場じょう航こう空くう阻そ止し
battlefield air interdiction
マクロファージ遊ゆう走そう阻そ止し因いん子し
macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MMIF

Written forms

阻そ止しUsage100%
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.