Both やめる and とめる means to stop something, however there is a nuance. 止める（やめる） やめる means “to stop a behavior or action”. This can be translated to “to quit” as well. 止める（とめる） とめる means “to stop a movement”. Quiz 1. If you want to stop smoking, how do you say it in Japanese? 2. Let’s …
The Standard Japanese Way of Saying Goodbye “またね (mata-né)” is often used to say “see you again” within friends and someone close to. “また(mata)” literally means “again”. With “ね (né)” at the end, it sounds friendly and can see close relationship. Without “ね (né)”, we see distance. If you suddenly take off “ね (né)” from …
In English, both あける and ひらく mean “to open”. In some cases, we can use both of them for the same object. However it is not every time. There is a slight nuance between them. 開ける（あける） あける means “to open”, but at the same time, it implies something can go through because it is open. …
In Japanese only This is for class use or for testing your Kanji reading skill. For self study, lists with Hiragana and English meanings are in the next article. This article is not for passing the JLPT exam. It is a tool for learning vocabulary used in natural, daily Japanese conversation. 対義語 A pair of antonyms …
ボックス：Box に：A particle, direction. in this case, “into” 入れた：[verb] past tense of the verb, 入れる, to put things into something 物（もの）：thing は、：a particle, subject marker (after the subject) 返却（へんきゃく）：[noun] return できません：cannot do カブ：is a name of vegetable, and at the same time, it is a stock. 高額（こうがく）：High price 買取（かいとり）：purchacing 店内（てんない）：Inside the shop のみ：only の：a particle, …
