止す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 止 |
| よ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よす [yóꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [jo̞sɨᵝ]
Verb
止す (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よす, rōmaji yosu)
- (intransitive) to cease, to stop, to be given up
- 水泳はよしたほうがいい。
- Suiei wa yoshita hō ga ii.
- I think it's better not to go swimming.
- 水泳はよしたほうがいい。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "止す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 止さ | よさ | yosa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 止し | よし | yoshi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 止す | よす | yosu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 止す | よす | yosu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 止せ | よせ | yose |
| Imperative (命令形) | 止せ | よせ | yose |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 止される | よされる | yosareru |
| Causative | 止させる 止さす | よさせる よさす | yosaseru yosasu |
| Potential | 止せる | よせる | yoseru |
| Volitional | 止そう | よそう | yosō |
| Negative | 止さない | よさない | yosanai |
| Negative continuative | 止さず | よさず | yosazu |
| Formal | 止します | よします | yoshimasu |
| Perfective | 止した | よした | yoshita |
| Conjunctive | 止して | よして | yoshite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 止せば | よせば | yoseba |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN