Word Meaning 止めておく

やめておく yameteoku

止めておく is read as やめておく (yameteoku) and means to cut it out.

Meaning

English

  1. to cut it out
  2. to knock off (for the day)
  3. to let the matter drop
  4. to pass
  5. to pass on
  6. to give (something) a miss

Reading

Kana

やめておく

Romaji

yameteoku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 110559 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

止む無く

やむなく

out of necessity

止まる

とまる

to alight

止め金

とめがね

clasp

止む

やむ

to cease

止まる

とどまる

to be limited to

止める

とめる

to park

止める

やめる

to stop (an activity)

止す

よす

to cease

止まり

とまり

stop

止め立て

とめだて

restraining (someone)

止めに入る

とめにはいる

to intervene