Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of やめる – see the following entries.
止める
[verb] to stop, to terminate, to cease, to discontinue, to quit
[verb] to abolish, to do away with
Alternative spelling
廃める
辞める
[verb] to resign, to quit
Alternative spelling
ヤメる
病める
[verb] (dated) to ache
[verb] classical adnominal stative of 病む (yamu, to fall ill): has fallen ill, is sick
Alternative spelling
痛める
(This term, やめる, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as やめる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やめる.)