よせ (ヨセ)
Yose · よせ — to stop (doing), to cease, to desist, to drop, to lay off, to give up, to quit; to stop in the midst of, to leave undone
Other ways to say “to stop” in Japanese →
よせ in rōmaji: yose.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
よせ
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
止す
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| 読み (Reading) |
ヨセ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-サ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
仮定形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
よせ
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| 読み・基本形 |
ヨス
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| 表記・基本形 |
よす
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| 見出し語の読み |
ヨス
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Used in casual speech (especially Kansai dialect) to tell someone to stop an action, often with a sense of impatience or urgency.
もう泣くのをよせ！
Mō naku no o yose!
Stop crying already!
そんなことするのはよせよ。
Sonna koto suru no wa yose yo.
Don't do that kind of thing.
⚖️ Commonly confused with やめる (yameru), which is more standard and polite; よせ is more forceful and colloquial.
よせ means “to stop (doing), to cease, to desist, to drop, to lay off, to give up, to quit; to stop in the midst of, to leave undone” — full definition & examples →
| ます形 (Polite) |
止します
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| て形 (Te-form) |
止して
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| 過去形 (Past) |
止した
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
止さない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
止しましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
止せる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
止される
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
止させる
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