抑制

• 読み: よくせい
• ローマ字: yokusei
• 漢字の分解: 抑 (yoku) — to suppress, press down; 制 (sei) — control, regulate
• 発音: /jokɯseː/

意味

Restraint; suppression; control; inhibition. The act of holding something back or keeping it in check.

A noun (also used as a suru-verb: 抑制する) referring to the deliberate suppression of an impulse, emotion, reaction, or physical process. Common in medical, psychological, and political contexts. Distinct from 抑圧 (oppression), which implies forceful external pressure.

例文

1. 感情の抑制が利かなくなり、思わず涙がこぼれた。
2. 政府は物価上昇を抑制するための政策を打ち出した。
3. 薬が免疫反応を抑制することで炎症が和らいだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: medicine, psychology, politics, economics

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 抑 (to press down, suppress) and 制 (to control, regulate). Both characters carry the sense of applying downward or restrictive force, making the compound highly transparent in meaning.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated