Japanese word

阻止

Pronunciation

Romajisoshi

Meaning

  • nounprevention

Example

私たちはその計画を阻止します。watashi ta chi wa so no kei kaku o so shi shi ma su

We will stop that plan.

Illustration for 阻止 (prevention)

More examples

市民は工事の開始を阻止しました。shi min wa kō ji no kai shi o so shi shi ma shi ta

The residents stopped the construction from starting.

Core concept

It centers on deliberately blocking a planned action or event before it can succeed.

Common phrases

  • 計画を阻止するkei kaku o so shi su ru

    stop a plan

  • 拡大を阻止するkaku dai o so shi su ru

    prevent expansion

Similar words

防止bōshi: Efforts made in advance to stop an unwanted event from occurring.
妨害bōgai: Interference that obstructs a plan, activity, or process.
抑止yokushi: A measure that keeps an action from occurring by reducing the desire or willingness to do it.

Definition in Japanese

計画や行動などの実現を妨げ、起こらないようにすること。kei kaku ya kō dō na do no jitsu gen o samata ge o ko ra na i yō ni su ru ko to

Word origin

阻止 (soshi) combines 阻 (so, "obstruct") and 止 (shi, "stop"), forming a Sino-Japanese term for preventing something from going forward.

Usage tips

  • 阻止 (soshi) often appears in news and formal speech for stopping a plan or action, while everyday conversation more often uses 止める (tomeru).

Opposites

Related words

  • 阻止するsoshisurupreventverb

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