止む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
已む
罷む

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「止む
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
止む
Imperative (命令形) 止め
Key constructions
Passive 止まれる まれる
Causative 止ませる ませる
Potential - - -
Volitional 止もう
Negative 止まない まない
Negative perfective 止まなかった まなかった
Formal 止みます みま
Perfective 止んだ んだ
Conjunctive 止んで んで
Hypothetical conditional 止めば

Verb

() (yamuintransitive godan (stem () (yami), past ()んだ (yanda))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める
mediopassive ()
  1. stop, cease, be over
    (はく)(しゅ)()まない
    hakushu ga yamanai
    the applause does not stop
    (あめ)()んでから (いち)()(かん)
    ame ga yande kara ichijikan
    one hour since the rain has stopped

Conjugation

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