I Love Kanji止める (tomeru)
止める (とめる, tomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stop; to turn off”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とめる
- Romaji
- tomeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stop; to turn off · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 止める, 停める
- to park · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 止める, 停める
- to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 止める, 停める
- to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit · ichidan verb, transitive
- to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 止める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 止める | とめる tomeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 止めます | とめます tomemasu |
| Negative | 止めない | とめない tomenai |
| Polite negative | 止めません | とめません tomemasen |
| Past | 止めた | とめた tometa |
| Polite past | 止めました | とめました tomemashita |
| Negative past | 止めなかった | とめなかった tomenakatta |
| Te-form | 止めて | とめて tomete |
| Potential | 止められる | とめられる tomerareru |
| Passive | 止められる | とめられる tomerareru |
| Causative | 止めさせる | とめさせる tomesaseru |
| Volitional | 止めよう | とめよう tomeyou |
| Imperative | 止めろ | とめろ tomero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 止めれば | とめれば tomereba |
Kanji in 止める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 止める.
止まるとまるto stop (moving)止むやむto cease禁止きんしprohibition止すよすto stop (doing)中止ちゅうしinterruption停止ていしstoppage防止ぼうしprevention立ち止まるたちどまるto stop (in one's tracks)引き止めるひきとめるto detain廃止はいしabolition静止せいしstillness阻止そしobstruction受け止めるうけとめるto catch呼び止めるよびとめるto (call and) stop
Source: JMdict entry 1310670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.