抑: Repress; Well; NowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ヨク)

• 抑制よくせいcontrol; restraint
• 抑留よくりゅうinternment; detainment
• 抑止よくしcheck; checkmate
• 抑圧よくあつcheck; restraint
• 抑揚よくようintonation; accent
• がん抑制遺伝子がんよくせいいでんしtumour suppressor gene; tumor suppressor gene
• シベリア抑留シベリアよくりゅうdetention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
• ゼロ抑制ゼロよくせいzero suppression
• ゼロ抑制機能ゼロよくせいきのうzero suppression function
• 事前抑制じぜんよくせいprior restraint
• 人口抑制じんこうよくせいpopulation control
• 人権抑圧じんけんよくあつsuppression of human rights
• 免疫抑制剤めんえきよくせいざいimmunosuppressant (drug)
• 印字抑止機能いんじよくしきのうnonprint function
• 圧力抑制あつりょくよくせいpressure suppression (e.g. pool, container in a nuclear power plant)
• 圧力抑制プールあつりょくよくせいプールpressure suppression pool (nuclear reactor)
• 圧力抑制室あつりょくよくせいしつsuppression pool (nuclear reactor); pressure suppression chamber
• 圧抑あつよくcheck; restraint
• 抑うつよくうつdejection; depression
• 抑制性よくせいせいinhibitory; inhibiting
• 抑制栽培よくせいさいばいlate raising; artificial slowing of growth of plants
• 抑揚のないよくようのないmonotonous
• 抑止信号よくししんごうinhibiting signal
• 抑止力よくしりょくdeterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
• 抑止効果よくしこうかdeterrent effect; chilling effect
• 抑留所よくりゅうじょdetention or internment camp
• 抑留者よくりゅうしゃdetainee
• 抑草よくそうweed suppression (by mulching, etc.)
• 抑鬱よくうつdejection; depression
• 抑鬱症よくうつしょうdepression
• 排出抑制はいしゅつよくせいemission limitation
• 政治抑圧せいじよくあつpolitical repression
• 核抑止かくよくしnuclear deterrence
• 核抑止力かくよくしりょくnuclear deterrent force
• 核抑止論かくよくしろんnuclear deterrent theory
• 無音抑制むおんよくせいsilence suppression
• 産後抑鬱症さんごよくうつしょうpostpartum depression; postnatal depression
• 癌抑制遺伝子がんよくせいいでんしtumour suppressor gene; tumor suppressor gene
• 自己抑制じこよくせいself-restraint; self-control
• 謙抑けんよくhumbling oneself
• 逆向抑制ぎゃっこうよくせいretroactive inhibition

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 抑えおさえweight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down
• 抑えるおさえるto keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions)
• 反乱を抑えるはんらんをおさえるto stifle a rebellion
• 取り抑えるとりおさえるto seize; to capture
• 取抑えるとりおさえるto seize; to capture
• 叛乱を抑えるはんらんをおさえるto stifle a rebellion
• 抑えがたいおさえがたいuncontrollable; irrepressible
• 抑えきれないおさえきれないuncontainable; irrepressible
• 抑えつけるおさえつけるto press down; to hold down
• 抑え付けるおさえつけるto press down; to hold down
• 抑え切れないおさえきれないuncontainable; irrepressible
• 抑え込みおさえこみholding down (esp. in judo); holding technique
• 抑え込むおさえこむto shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
• 抑え難いおさえがたいuncontrollable; irrepressible
• 汗抑えあせおさえantiperspirant

Other readings

• 抑そもそもin the first place; to begin with
• 抑々そもそもin the first place; to begin with
• 抑もそもそもin the first place; to begin with
• 抑抑そもそもin the first place; to begin with

Showing the 60 most common of 62 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 抑

• 制
• 止
• 圧
• 力
• 留
• 鬱
• 核
• 揚
• 遺
• 伝
• 子
• 機