止す
よす
to stop doing, to quit, to give up
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Examples
けんかは止しなさい。
けんかはよしなさい。
Stop fighting.
そんな言い方は止したほうがいい。
そんないいかたはよしたほうがいい。
You'd better stop talking like that.
雨だから、今日の散歩は止しましょう。
あめだから、きょうのさんぽはよしましょう。
It's raining, so let's skip today's walk.
Common patterns
- 〜は止しなさい
- stop doing ...
- 冗談は止せ
- cut out the jokes
- 止したほうがいい
- you'd better not
Memory tip
Same kanji as 止める, but よす is spoken, slightly old-fashioned and almost always used to tell someone else to knock it off. For your own actions, やめる is the natural choice, and it is usually written in kana.
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