防止

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Chinese

to protect; to defend; to guard (against) to stop; prohibit; till
simp. and trad.
(防止) 		防 止

Pronunciation

Verb

防止

  1. (transitive) to prevent
    防止污染  ―  fángzhǐ wūrǎn  ―  to prevent pollution
    防止意外  ―  fángzhǐ yìwài  ―  to prevent accidents

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防 止
ぼう
Grade: 5 		し
Grade: 2
goon on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

防(ぼう)止(し) • (bōshi) ←ばうし (bausi)?

  1. prevention
    Synonym: 抑止 (yokushi)

Verb

防(ぼう)止(し)する • (bōshi suru) ←ばうし (bausi)?transitive suru (stem 防(ぼう)止(し)し (bōshi shi), past 防(ぼう)止(し)した (bōshi shita))

  1. to prevent
    Synonym: 防ぐ (fusegu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "防止する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 防止し ぼうしし bōshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 防止し ぼうしし bōshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 防止する ぼうしする bōshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 防止する ぼうしする bōshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 防止すれ ぼうしすれ bōshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 防止せよ¹
防止しろ² 		ぼうしせよ¹
ぼうししろ² 		bōshi seyo¹
bōshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 防止される ぼうしされる bōshi sareru
Causative 防止させる
防止さす 		ぼうしさせる
ぼうしさす 		bōshi saseru
bōshi sasu
Potential 防止できる ぼうしできる bōshi dekiru
Volitional 防止しよう ぼうししよう bōshi shiyō
Negative 防止しない ぼうししない bōshi shinai
Negative continuative 防止せず ぼうしせず bōshi sezu
Formal 防止します ぼうしします bōshi shimasu
Perfective 防止した ぼうしした bōshi shita
Conjunctive 防止して ぼうしして bōshi shite
Hypothetical conditional 防止すれば ぼうしすれば bōshi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
防止

Noun

防止 • (bangji) (hangeul 방지)

  1. hanja form? of 방지 (“prevention”)
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