Today’s Grammar Point: やむ/~やむ
Today’s post is about the verb 止む, which means something that has been continuing to stop or subside. It is an intransitive verb, so やむ is used for the stoppage which does not get affected by the speaker’s intention. For details of the kanji 止, see this page.
Examples
雨が止んだ。
It stopped raining.雨は降ったり止んだりしている。
It’s been raining on and off.ようやく階下の騒ぎが止んだ。
Finally the noise downstairs died down.風は全然止みそうにない。
The wind is not likely to die down.長い間拍手が止まなかった。
The applause did not die down for a long time.早く痛みが止むといいですね。
I hope the pain goes away soon.
~やむ
止む can also be used with the stem of limited verbs like listed below
Connection
- [verb stem] やむ
Examples
- 泣き止む = to stop crying
- 赤ん坊が泣き止まなくて困った。
I didn’t know what to do because my baby didn’t stop crying.
- 赤ん坊が泣き止まなくて困った。
- 鳴き止む = to stop chirping
- やっと蝉が鳴き止んだ。
Finally the cicadas stopped chirring.
- やっと蝉が鳴き止んだ。
- 吹き止む = to stop blowing
- 風が吹き止んだ。
The wind has stopped.
- 風が吹き止んだ。
- 降り止む = to stop raining/snowing
- 雨が降り止んだから、明日はいい天気になるだろう。
It has rained itself out, so it will be fine tomorrow. - 雪が降り止んで、青空が広がった。
The snow stopped and the blue sky spread.
- 雨が降り止んだから、明日はいい天気になるだろう。
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