Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
 
Japanese stop sign, reading 止まれ tomare “stop!”

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「止まる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
止まる まる [tòmárú]
Imperative (命令形) 止まれ まれ [tòmáré]
Key constructions
Passive 止まられる まられる [tòmárárérú]
Causative 止まらせる まらせる [tòmárásérú]
Potential 止まれる まれる [tòmárérú]
Volitional 止まろう まろ [tòmáróꜜò]
Negative 止まらない まらない [tòmáránáí]
Negative perfective 止まらなかった まらなかった [tòmáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 止まります まりま [tòmárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 止まった まった [tòmáttá]
Conjunctive 止まって まって [tòmátté]
Hypothetical conditional 止まれば まれ [tòmáréꜜbà]

Verb

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()まる (tomaruintransitive godan (stem ()まり (tomari), past ()まった (tomatta))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める
mediopassive ()まる
  1. to stop, to be stopped
    ()まれ(うご)な!
    Tomare! Ugokuna!
    Stop! Don't move!
    ()(かん)()まった
    jikan ga tomatta
    time stopped
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
とど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(とど)まる (todomaruintransitive godan (stem (とど)まり (todomari), past (とど)まった (todomatta))

Japanese verb pair
active (とど)める
mediopassive (とど)まる
  1. to stop
  2. to remain; to stay
    ()(じょう)シェア(やく) 20(にじゅっ)%に(とど)まっている
    shijō shea wa yaku nijuppāsento ni todomatte iru
    market share has stayed at approximately 20%
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō