現状維持(げんじょういじ)

げんじょういじ
noun, verb (suru)
maintenance of the status quo
1. maintenance of the status quo; keeping things as they are
The act or policy of maintaining the current situation without change. Used in politics, business, medicine, and everyday contexts.
現状維持(げんじょういじ)でいきましょう。
Let's keep things as they are.
会議(かいぎ)では現状維持(げんじょういじ)の方針(ほうしん)が決(き)まった。
The meeting decided on a policy of maintaining the status quo.
改革(かいかく)を求(もと)める声(こえ)がある一方(いっぽう)で、現状維持(げんじょういじ)を望(のぞ)む人(ひと)も少(すく)なくない。
While there are voices calling for reform, quite a few people also want to maintain the status quo.

USAGE: 現状維持(げんじょういじ) is a four-character compound (四字熟語(よじじゅくご)) composed of 現状(げんじょう) (current situation) and 維持(いじ) (maintenance). It can be used as a noun or with する.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 現状維持(げんじょういじ)を図(はか)る (to aim to maintain the status quo)
  • 現状維持(げんじょういじ)の方針(ほうしん) (policy of maintaining the status quo)
  • 現状維持(げんじょういじ)に努(つと)める (to strive to maintain the current state)
  • 現状維持(げんじょういじ)で精一杯(せいいっぱい) (barely managing to maintain the status quo)

In medical contexts, 現状維持(げんじょういじ) can mean keeping a patient's condition stable without improvement or deterioration.

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Added 2026.3.3 20:25
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