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止める, 留める, 停める, とめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive, esp. 止める, 停める
1. to stop, to turn off
2. to park
3. to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain)
4. to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit
See 目を留める, See 気に留める
5. to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind
キャシーは花を摘むのをやめました。
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やめる, 止める, 已める, 廃める
Only 止める, Only 已める, Ichidan verb, Transitive, Usually in kana
1. to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit
2. to cancel, to abandon, to give up, to abolish, to abstain, to refrain
キャシーは花を摘むのをやめました。
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留める, 止める, 停める, とどめる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to
2. to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit
See 記憶にとどめる
3. to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
彼の勇気は歴史に名をとどめた。
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止む, 已む, 罷む, やむ
Conjugated: 止める
Godan verb, Intransitive
to cease, to stop, to be over
雨がやみさえすればいいのになあ。
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こと, 事, 縡, こん
Usually in kana
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
「U.F.Oとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
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, 箏, 筝, こと, そう
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Only こと, Archaism
2. stringed instrument
Only 箏, Only 筝
3. zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
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古都, こと
ancient city, former capital
この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。
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, 殊, こと, け
Only こと, NA-adjective, Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
1. difference (from one another), different thing, other
2. unusual, extraordinary
糊塗, こと
Takes suru, Transitive
patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
こと
Particle, particle always used at sentence-end
1. particle indicating a command
Female term or language, often as ことね
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm
3. particle indicating a gentle interrogative
at sentence end as ことよ
4. particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
, げん, こと
word, remark, statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
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, 若, ごと, こと, もころ
Adverb, See 如し
like, similar to, same as
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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できる, 出来る, 出きる, 出來る
Conjugated: できない
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task
2. to be ready, to be completed
3. to be made, to be built
4. to be good at, to be permitted (to do)
5. to become intimate, to take up (with someone)
あの二人はどうもできているらしい。
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