抑制

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 抑制(よくせい) means restraining an emotion, movement, or similar phenomenon from growing or being expressed excessively.
• Basic usage: It describes holding back anger or reducing machine vibration.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Suppression and removal
  • 抑制 focuses on limiting intensity or occurrence, while 除去 focuses on removing something.
• English wording by target
  • 怒りを抑制する can be rendered as restrain anger, and 振動を抑制する as suppress vibration.