JLPT N4 vocabulary
止める: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
とめる0Heiban · flat
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to stop, to turn off
- to park
- to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain)
- to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit
- to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 止める | 止め |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 止め | 止め |
| Polite presentます形 | 止め | 止め |
| Polite pastました形 | 止め | 止め |
| Te-formて形 | 止め | 止め |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 止め | 止め |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 止め | 止め |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 止め | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 止め | 止め |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 止め | 止める |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 止め | 止め |
| Passive受身形 | 止め | 止め |
| Make / let使役形 | 止め | 止め |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 止め | 止め |
Example sentences
何をするつもりですか? 変なことは止めてください!
What are you going to do? Please don't do anything weird!
彼は一切の運動を止めてしまいました。その結果、太り始めました。
He's completely quit exercising. Consequently, he's started to get fat.
たとえその演技がうまくいくとしても、その計画を止めることを主張します。
Even if the performance is good, I still say we drop the project.