止める

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See also: 止まる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
留める
停める

Pronunciation

  • 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 める
Imperative (命令形) 止めろ めろ
Key constructions
Passive 止められる められる
Causative 止めさせる めさせる
Potential 止められる められる
Volitional 止めよう めよ
Negative 止めない めない
Negative perfective 止めなかった めなかった
Formal 止めます めま
Perfective 止めた めた
Conjunctive 止めて めて
Hypothetical conditional 止めれば めれ

Verb

()める (tomerutransitive ichidan (stem () (tome), past ()めた (tometa))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める (()める)
mediopassive ()まる (()まる)
  1. to stop
    (くるま)()める
    kuruma o tomeru
    to stop one's car
    攻撃(こうげき)()めない
    kōgeki o tomenai
    to not stop one's attacks
    自動(じどう)更新(こうしん)()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

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 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 める
Imperative (命令形) 止めろ めろ
Key constructions
Passive 止められる められる
Causative 止めさせる めさせる
Potential 止められる められる
Volitional 止めよう めよ
Negative 止めない めない
Negative perfective 止めなかった めなかった
Formal 止めます めま
Perfective 止めた めた
Conjunctive 止めて めて
Hypothetical conditional 止めれば めれ

Verb

()める (yamerutransitive ichidan (stem () (yame), past ()めた (yameta))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める (()める)
mediopassive () (())
  1. to stop, to terminate, to cease, to discontinue, to quit
    タバコ()める大変(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)()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
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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

(とど)める (todomerutransitive ichidan (stem (とど) (todome), past (とど)めた (todometa))

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō