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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
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止よす

N3
よす yosu
  1. to cease
  2. to abolish
  3. to resign
  4. to give up
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

停止;放弃

Examples

  • そんな難むずかしい質しつ問もんはよしてくれよ。
    Don't ask me such a hard question.
    别问那样难的问题了。
  • 雨だから、公園に行くのはよそう。
    It is raining, so let us not go to the park.
    下雨了,我们还是不要去公园吧。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9054323c74'); // 止す
{
  "id": "9054323c74",
  "word": "止す",
  "reading": "よす",
  "romaji": "yosu",
  "meanings": [
    "to cease",
    "to abolish",
    "to resign",
    "to give up"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1310600,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "そんな難しい質問はよしてくれよ。",
      "furigana": "そんな{難|むずか}しい{質問|しつもん}はよしてくれよ。",
      "en": "Don't ask me such a hard question.",
      "tatoeba_id": 204058
    },
    {
      "ja": "雨だから、公園に行くのはよそう。",
      "en": "It is raining, so let us not go to the park."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a8869ebe5f9a0cb7712865da27c6c8bf63c000a21ac74207c4de92b01904b0b9",
    "meanings": [
      "停止",
      "放弃"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "そんな難しい質問はよしてくれよ。",
        "zh": "别问那样难的问题了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "雨だから、公園に行くのはよそう。",
        "zh": "下雨了,我们还是不要去公园吧。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/9054323c74",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1310600; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "071494b04711b86b2c7532f241e4d945749ef731e8d5342bd1237b028f163e9a"
  }
}