止める

See also: 止まる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
止
と
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
留める
停める

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とめる [tòmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "止める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
止める とめる [tòmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 止めろ とめろ [tòméró]
Key constructions
Passive 止められる とめられる [tòmérárérú]
Causative 止めさせる とめさせる [tòmésásérú]
Potential 止められる とめられる [tòmérárérú]
Volitional 止めよう とめよ​ー [tòméyóꜜò]
Negative 止めない とめない [tòménáí]
Negative perfective 止めなかった とめな​かった [tòménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 止めます とめま​す [tòmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 止めた とめた [tòmétá]
Conjunctive 止めて とめて [tòmété]
Hypothetical conditional 止めれば とめれ​ば [tòméréꜜbà]

Verb

止(と)める • (tomeru) transitive ichidan (stem 止(と)め (tome), past 止(と)めた (tometa))

Japanese verb pair
active 止(と)める (止(と)める)
mediopassive 止(と)まる (止(と)まる)
  1. to stop
    車(くるま)を止(と)める
    kuruma o tomeru
    to stop one's car
    攻撃(こうげき)を止(と)めない
    kōgeki o tomenai
    to not stop one's attacks
    自動(じどう)更新(こうしん)を止(と)める
    jidō kōshin o tomeru
    to stop an update
  2. to focus on
  3. to bear in mind
  4. to set in place
  5. to park
  6. (calligraphy) to write as a thrown stroke to the bottom right (㇔)
    Coordinate term: 払う
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
止
や
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
廃める

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yamu. Cognate with Okinawan 止みゆん (やみゆん, yamiyun).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やめる [yàmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "止める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
止める やめる [yàmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 止めろ やめろ [yàméró]
Key constructions
Passive 止められる やめられる [yàmérárérú]
Causative 止めさせる やめさせる [yàmésásérú]
Potential 止められる やめられる [yàmérárérú]
Volitional 止めよう やめよ​ー [yàméyóꜜò]
Negative 止めない やめない [yàménáí]
Negative perfective 止めなかった やめな​かった [yàménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 止めます やめま​す [yàmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 止めた やめた [yàmétá]
Conjunctive 止めて やめて [yàmété]
Hypothetical conditional 止めれば やめれ​ば [yàméréꜜbà]

Verb

止(や)める • (yameru) transitive ichidan (stem 止(や)め (yame), past 止(や)めた (yameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 止(や)める (止(や)める)
mediopassive 止(や)む (止(や)む)
  1. to stop, to terminate, to cease, to discontinue, to quit
    タバコを止(や)めるのは大変(たいへん)です。
    Tabako o yameru no wa taihen desu.
    Quitting smoking is difficult.
    やめろ。/やめてください。
    Yamero./ Yamete kudasai.
    Stop it. (command) / Stop it. (command, polite)
    仕事(しごと)を辞(や)める
    shigoto o yameru
    to quit one's job
  2. to abolish, to do away with
Usage notes
  • Usually written in hiragana, as やめる.
  • The sense "to quit a job" uses the homonym 辞める.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とどめ​る [tòdóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞do̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

止(とど)める • (todomeru) transitive ichidan (stem 止(とど)め (todome), past 止(とど)めた (todometa))

Japanese verb pair
active 止(とど)める (止(とど)める)
mediopassive 止(とど)まる (止(とど)まる)
  1. Alternative form of 留める
Conjugation

References

  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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