止す

Japanese
Kanji in this term
止
よ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

止す (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よす, rōmaji yosu)

  1. (intransitive) to cease, to stop, to be given up
    水泳 (すいえい)はよしたほうがいい。
    Suiei wa yoshita hō ga ii.
    I think it's better not to go swimming.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "止す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 止さ よさ yosa
Continuative (連用形) 止し よし yoshi
Terminal (終止形) 止す よす yosu
Attributive (連体形) 止す よす yosu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 止せ よせ yose
Imperative (命令形) 止せ よせ yose
Key constructions
Passive 止される よされる yosareru
Causative 止させる
止さす		 よさせる
よさす		 yosaseru
yosasu
Potential 止せる よせる yoseru
Volitional 止そう よそう yosō
Negative 止さない よさない yosanai
Negative continuative 止さず よさず yosazu
Formal 止します よします yoshimasu
Perfective 止した よした yoshita
Conjunctive 止して よして yoshite
Hypothetical conditional 止せば よせば yoseba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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