止む

やむ

Also written 已む, 罷む, 熄む, 歇む

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to cease; to stop; to be over

Kanji

• 止 stop. Read as やむ.

Example sentences

• 我々はやむを得ない事情で、その会合を延期した。
  Circumstances forced us to put off the meeting.
• 我々はやむをえず出発を延期した。
  We were compelled to put off our departure.
• 雨は止んだ。
  It has stopped raining.
• 雨が止んだ。
  It has stopped raining.
• 雨は間もなく止むでしょう。
  It will stop raining soon.

Common phrases

• 雨がやむ
• やむない cannot be helped
• 攻撃が止む
• 風がやむ
• 止む無し cannot be helped

Related forms

• 止める (やめる) to stop (an activity) (transitive partner)

Words containing 止む

• 止みがたい (やみがたい) irresistible

Word lists

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