JLPT N3 · Verb

辞める (yameru)

辞める (やめる, yameru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to resign; to retire”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やめる
Romaji: yameru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼はやめるほか仕方がない。

He has no choice but to resign.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 辞める

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	辞める	やめる yameru
Polite (~masu)	辞めます	やめます yamemasu
Negative	辞めない	やめない yamenai
Polite negative	辞めません	やめません yamemasen
Past	辞めた	やめた yameta
Polite past	辞めました	やめました yamemashita
Negative past	辞めなかった	やめなかった yamenakatta
Te-form	辞めて	やめて yamete
Potential	辞められる	やめられる yamerareru
Passive	辞められる	やめられる yamerareru
Causative	辞めさせる	やめさせる yamesaseru
Volitional	辞めよう	やめよう yameyou
Imperative	辞めろ	やめろ yamero
Conditional (~ba)	辞めれば	やめれば yamereba

Kanji in 辞める

辞

resign, word, termジ・や.める・いな.む · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 辞める.

辞書じしょdictionary辞典じてんdictionary辞退じたいdecliningお辞儀おじぎbow辞職じしょくresignation御世辞おせじflattery世辞せじflattery

Source: JMdict entry 1318950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.