止まる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Japanese stop sign, reading 止まれ tomare “stop!”

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「止まる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
止まる まる
Imperative (命令形) 止まれ まれ
Key constructions
Passive 止まられる まられる
Causative 止まらせる まらせる
Potential 止まれる まれる
Volitional 止まろう まろ
Negative 止まらない まらない
Negative perfective 止まらなかった まらなかった
Formal 止まります まりま
Perfective 止まった まった
Conjunctive 止まって まって
Hypothetical conditional 止まれば まれ

Verb

()まる (tomaruintransitive godan (stem ()まり (tomari), past ()まった (tomatta))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める
mediopassive ()まる
  1. to stop, to be stopped
    ()まれ(うご)な!
    Tomare! Ugokuna!
    Stop! Don't move!
    ()(かん)()まった
    jikan ga tomatta
    time stopped
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

(とど)まる (todomaruintransitive godan (stem (とど)まり (todomari), past (とど)まった (todomatta))

Japanese verb pair
active (とど)める
mediopassive (とど)まる
  1. to stop
  2. to remain; to stay
    ()(じょう)シェア(やく) 20(にじゅっ)%に(とど)まっている
    shijō shea wa yaku nijuppāsento ni todomatte iru
    market share has stayed at approximately 20%
Conjugation
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō