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Japanese symbol for “suppressing”

Romaji: hasshu
hush; hushing; suppressing

In Japanese, suppressing is (hasshu).

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Meanings

  1. n hush; hushing; suppressing

Other Japanese words for “suppressing”

WordReadingMeaning
しずめ shizumecontrolling; suppressing; quelling

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.