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止よす

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

よす

to stop (doing), to cease, to desist, to drop, to lay off, to give up, to quit

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Example sentences

よしなさい、タバコを吸すうのは。

Stop smoking.

もうそんな冗談じょうだんはよせよ。

Cut it out with those jokes already.

喧嘩けんかをよしてくれないと、警察けいさつを呼よぶよ。

If you don't stop fighting, I'm calling the police.

彼女かのじょはダイエットをよしてしまった。

She ended up giving up on her diet.

危あぶないから、そんな無茶むちゃな計画けいかくはよしたほうがいいと思おもう。

I think you should drop that reckless plan because it's dangerous.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)