止す
N3よす yosu
- to cease
- to abolish
- to resign
- to give up
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
停止;放弃
Examples
- そんな難しい質問はよしてくれよ。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"
}
}