stop

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 停 means stopping movement or operation; its on-reading is てい.
• Basic usage: 停止(ていし) means stopping or suspension; 停車(ていしゃ) describes a vehicle or train stopping.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Stopping and a vehicle stop
  • 機械を停止する means to stop machinery; 駅に停車する means to stop at a station. 停車 is more specific to vehicles.
• A stop location and the action
  • 停留所(ていりゅうじょ) is a stop location. In 停留所で待つ, で marks where the waiting takes place.