止める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Etymology 1

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 [tòmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 止めろ めろ [tòméró]
Key constructions
Passive 止められる められる [tòmérárérú]
Causative 止めさせる めさせる [tòmésásérú]
Potential 止められる められる [tòmérárérú]
Volitional 止めよう めよ [tòméyóꜜò]
Negative 止めない めない [tòménáí]
Negative perfective 止めなかった めなかった [tòménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 止めます めま [tòmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 止めた めた [tòmétá]
Conjunctive 止めて めて [tòmété]
Hypothetical conditional 止めれば めれ [tòméréꜜbà]

Alternative forms

Verb

止める (tomerutransitive ichidan (stem 止め (tome), past 止めた (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
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yama-. 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 [yàmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 止めろ めろ [yàméró]
Key constructions
Passive 止められる められる [yàmérárérú]
Causative 止めさせる めさせる [yàmésásérú]
Potential 止められる められる [yàmérárérú]
Volitional 止めよう めよ [yàméyóꜜò]
Negative 止めない めない [yàménáí]
Negative perfective 止めなかった めなかった [yàménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 止めます めま [yàmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 止めた めた [yàmétá]
Conjunctive 止めて めて [yàmété]
Hypothetical conditional 止めれば めれ [yàméréꜜbà]

Alternative forms

Verb

止める (yamerutransitive ichidan (stem 止め (yame), past 止めた (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./Yametekudasai.
    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
Synonyms
Antonyms

Usage notes

  • Usually written in hiragana, as やめる.
  • For the sense "to quit a job", use the homonym "辞める".
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

止める (todomerutransitive ichidan (stem 止め (todome), past 止めた (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 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō