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止む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	止やむ	止やまない
Polite	止やみます	止やみません
Past polite	止やみました	止やみませんでした
Past	止やんだ	止やまなかった
Te-form	止やんで	止やまないで
Desire	止やみたい	止やみたくない
Potential	止やめる	止やめない
Passive	止やまれる	止やまれない
Causative	止やませる	止やませない
Causative passive	止やませられるalso 止やまされる	止やませられないalso 止やまされない
Volitional	止やもう
Polite volitional	止やみましょう
Imperative	止やめ	止やむな
Conditional	止やめば	止やまなければ
Tara conditional	止やんだら	止やまなかったら

Pairs withやめる

Meanings

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godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

stop; cease; be over

Intransitive verb used for natural phenomena, sounds, or ongoing states coming to an end. Often used with 雨, 風, 音, 痛み, etc.

雨あめがやんだら出でかけましょう。
Let's go out when the rain stops.
さっきまで聞きこえていた音おとが急きゅうにやんだ。
The sound I could hear until a moment ago suddenly stopped.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が止やむfor something (rain, wind, a sound) to stop
風かぜがやっと止やんだ。
The wind finally died down.
〈事こと〉が止やむまで待まつto wait until something (rain, noise, etc.) stops
雨あめが止やむまで店みせの前まえで待まった。
I waited in front of the shop until the rain stopped.

Expressions· 7

やむないcannot be helped; unavoidable
やむなしcannot be helped; unavoidable
万ばん止やむを得えずthere is no hope; unavoidable; cannot be helped
やむにやまれずcan't help but; compelled; irresistible urge
やむにやまれぬirresistible; compelling; unable to help oneself

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やむにやまれないirresistible; compelling; unable to help oneself
万ばん止やむを得えなければif necessary; when unavoidable

Grammar

てやまないnever cease to (hope, admire)N1

Kanji

止stop, halt
已stop, halt, previously
熄cessation
歇exhausted, out of
罷quit, stop, leave

Transitive / intransitive

やめるN4
止む is intransitive for something stopping by itself, while 止める(やめる) is the transitive counterpart meaning someone deliberately stops or quits it.
止とめるN5
止む is the intransitive counterpart used for things like rain or wind that cease on their own, while 止める is used when someone actively stops them.

Related words

収おさまるN1
止む describes something coming to a complete stop, while 収まる suggests a gradual subsiding or calming down that may not be total.

Opposites

続つづくN4
止む means something (rain, noise, pain) stops, while 続く means it continues.
吹ふくN5
吹く describes wind starting or continuing to blow, while 止む describes that wind (or rain) stopping.

Don't confuse with

止とまるN4
止む is used for natural phenomena or sounds ending on their own (rain, wind, crying), while 止まる describes physical movement or machines coming to a stop.
病やむN2
止む is a homophone meaning to stop (as in 雨が止む), completely unrelated to 病む, which means to fall ill or be unwell.

Word family· 9

小こ止やみ
lull; break
雨あま止やみ
break in the rain; lull in the rain · waiting for the rain to stop
吹ふき止やむ
stop blowing; die down; subside
やむなく
out of necessity; with no other option; unavoidably; reluctantly
沙さ汰た止やみ
cancellation; abandonment; being dropped

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泣なき止やむ
stop crying; cry oneself out
降ふり止やむ
stop raining or snowing
鳴なき止やむ
stop making sounds (of an animal); stop chirping; stop crying
止やみがたい
irresistible; hard to stop

Written forms

止やむUsage21%
Standard kanji spelling for 'to stop, to cease'.
やむUsage76%
已やむUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
熄やむUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
歇やむUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
罷やむ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Native Japanese verb. The kanji 止 is used for its meaning 'stop', but the word itself is not derived from Chinese.