I Love Kanji阻止 (soshi)
阻止 (そし, soshi) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “obstruction; prevention”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そし
- Romaji
- soshi
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking · noun, suru verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 阻止
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 阻止する | そしする soshisuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 阻止します | そしします soshishimasu |
| Negative | 阻止しない | そししない soshishinai |
| Polite negative | 阻止しません | そししません soshishimasen |
| Past | 阻止した | そしした soshishita |
| Polite past | 阻止しました | そししました soshishimashita |
| Negative past | 阻止しなかった | そししなかった soshishinakatta |
| Te-form | 阻止して | そしして soshishite |
| Potential | 阻止できる | そしできる soshidekiru |
| Passive | 阻止される | そしされる soshisareru |
| Causative | 阻止させる | そしさせる soshisaseru |
| Volitional | 阻止しよう | そししよう soshishiyou |
| Imperative | 阻止しろ | そししろ soshishiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 阻止すれば | そしすれば soshisureba |
Kanji in 阻止
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 阻止.
阻むはばむto keep someone from doing止まるとまるto stop (moving)止むやむto cease止めるやめるto stop (an activity)止めるとめるto stop禁止きんしprohibition止すよすto stop (doing)中止ちゅうしinterruption停止ていしstoppage防止ぼうしprevention立ち止まるたちどまるto stop (in one's tracks)引き止めるひきとめるto detain廃止はいしabolition静止せいしstillness
Source: JMdict entry 1397820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.