I Love Kanji止める (yameru)
止める (やめる, yameru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stop (an activity); to cease”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 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 N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
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 | やめる yameru |
| Polite (~masu) | 止めます | やめます yamemasu |
| Negative | 止めない | やめない yamenai |
| Polite negative | 止めません | やめません yamemasen |
| Past | 止めた | やめた yameta |
| Polite past | 止めました | やめました yamemashita |
| Negative past | 止めなかった | やめなかった yamenakatta |
| Te-form | 止めて | やめて yamete |
| Potential | 止められる | やめられる yamerareru |
| Passive | 止められる | やめられる yamerareru |
| Causative | 止めさせる | やめさせる yamesaseru |
| Volitional | 止めよう | やめよう yameyou |
| Imperative | 止めろ | やめろ yamero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 止めれば | やめれば yamereba |
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 1310680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.