Japanese Meaning of 止まる (tomaru) | JLPT N5

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Japanese Vocabulary: 止まる

Meaning: to stop

It can describe the stopping of an action or movement or the cessation of a process or state. 

For example, you could use it to describe a person or vehicle coming to a stop or an event or activity ending.

Here are 10 sentences using the verb 止まる (tomaru):

  1. 車が止まった。 (The car stopped.)
  2. 雨が止んだ。 (The rain stopped.)
  3. 彼女は話を止めた。 (She stopped talking.)
  4. 彼は止まらないで歩いている。 (He is walking without stopping.)
  5. このゲームは私を止められない。 (This game can’t stop me.)
  6. この薬は痛みを止める。 (This medicine stops the pain.)
  7. この機械は動かなくなって止まった。 (This machine stopped working and stopped moving.)
  8. 私たちは会話を止めて、黙って考えた。 (We stopped talking and sat in silence to think.)
  9. 彼女はそのテーマについて話すことを止めた。 (She stopped talking about that topic.)
  10. このパズルは私を止めることができない。 (This puzzle can’t stop me.)

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