一時停止
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
1. suspension; pause; temporary halt; moratorium
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
2. stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
Kanji used
Composed of
一時
one o'clock; once; at one time; formerly; before; for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the moment; temporarily; …
Noun
停止
stoppage; coming to a stop; halt; standstill; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); interruption (e.g. of electricity supply); cutting off; suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition; …
Noun
Examples2
運転者 は 一時停止 線 の ところ で 停止 しなければならない。
Drivers must stop at the stop line.
倫理委員会 では, クローン 実験 の 一時停止 が 決定 した。
At the ethics committee, a temporary halt to cloning experiments was decided.