止める

See also: 止まる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
留める
停める
禁める

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) める [tòmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞me̞ɾɯ̟]
  • 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]

Verb

()める • (tomerutransitive ichidan (stem () (tome), past ()めた (tometa))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める
mediopassive ()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 forbid, to hinder
    外出(がいしゅつ)()める
    gaishutsu o tomeru
    to forbid to go out
  3. to focus on
  4. to bear in mind
  5. to set in place
  6. to park
  7. (calligraphy) to write as a thrown stroke to the bottom right ()
    Coordinate term: 払う
Conjugation
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
廃める

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yamu. Cognate with Okinawan 止みゆん (やみゆん, yamiyun).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) める [yàmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠me̞ɾɯ̟]
  • 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]

Verb

()める • (yamerutransitive ichidan (stem () (yame), past ()めた (yameta))

Japanese verb pair
active ()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./ Yamete kudasai.
    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
Usage notes
  • Usually written in hiragana, as やめる.
  • The sense "to quit a job" uses the homonym 辞める.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 止める – see the following entry.
とどめる
[verb] hold, keep (to a limit), suffice
[verb] retain, keep, remain
[verb] detain, keep, retain
Alternative spelling
停める
(This term, 止める, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō