止す

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "止す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
止す [yóꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 止せ [yóꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 止される され [yòsáréꜜrù]
Causative 止させる させ [yòsáséꜜrù]
Potential 止せる [yòséꜜrù]
Volitional 止そう [yòsóꜜò]
Negative 止さない ない [yòsáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 止さなかった なかった [yòsáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 止します しま [yòshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 止した した [yóꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 止して して [yóꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 止せば せば [yóꜜsèbà]

Verb

() • (yosu) intransitive godan (stem () (yoshi), past ()した (yoshita))

  1. (intransitive) to cease, to stop, to be given up
    水泳(すいえい)よしたほうがいい。
    Suiei wa yoshita hō ga ii.
    I think it's better not to go swimming.

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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