Lingakuよす
Frequency rank: 13,521. – 13,565.
- to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give upword usually written using kana alonesee also 止める【やめる】
Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- よすFrequency rank: 13,521. – 13,565.
- 止す【よす】Frequency rank: 24,646. – 24,781.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject)
- to abolish; to resign; to give up
This meaning is used when someone is stopping an action or activity, often due to a decision to no longer engage in it or to avoid causing trouble.
This meaning refers to formally ending something, like a position or rule, or deciding to stop pursuing something altogether.
Generated collocations (experimental)
よすことにするto decide to ceaseさけ酒をよすto lay off alcoholぎろん議論をよすto drop the discussionしごと仕事をよすto resign from workむだ無駄なはなし話はよすto cut out unnecessary talkこれいじょう以上はよすto desist beyond this pointこのこうどう行動はよすto stop this behaviorそのけいかく計画をよすto abandon that planあくしゅう悪習をよすto give up bad habitsむり無理をよすto stop overdoing it
Example sentences
43 results
Ow! Yukiko! That hurts! Quit hitting me with your fists!
Don't punish him for breaking the window. He is not to blame.
I urged Keiko to stop using people for her own convenience.