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 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, …
ご注意（ちゅうい）：Attention, Warning 手数料（てすうりょう）：Commission, Fee として：As 店内（てんない）：Inside the shop の：A particle, noun connecter 通常（つうじょう）：Normal 買取（かいとり）：[noun] Buying 価格（かかく）：Price ８割（はちわり）：８０％ で：A particle, “at” At the 80% of the normal purchasing price いただきます：[verb, 謙譲語（けんじょうご） which is one of the Keigo]Dictionary Form：頂く（いただく）[meaning] I receive something (foods, presents, etc.) from someone in higher position. 買い取らせていただきます。：[business language] We will buy it.
