Today’s Grammar Point: やむ/～やむ

Today’s post is about the verb 止やむ, 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

雨あめが止やんだ。
It stopped raining.

雨あめは降ふったり止やんだりしている。
It’s been raining on and off.

ようやく階下かいかの騒さわぎが止やんだ。
Finally the noise downstairs died down.

風かぜは全然ぜんぜん止やみそうにない。
The wind is not likely to die down.

長ながい間あいだ拍手はくしゅが止やまなかった。
The applause did not die down for a long time.

早はやく痛いたみが止やむといいですね。
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

• 泣なき止やむ = to stop crying
  • 赤あかん坊ぼうが泣なき止やまなくて困こまった。
    I didn’t know what to do because my baby didn’t stop crying.
• 鳴なき止やむ = to stop chirping
  • やっと蝉せみが鳴なき止やんだ。
    Finally the cicadas stopped chirring.
• 吹ふき止やむ = to stop blowing
  • 風かぜが吹ふき止やんだ。
    The wind has stopped.
• 降ふり止やむ = to stop raining/snowing
  • 雨あめが降ふり止やんだから、明日あしたはいい天気てんきになるだろう。
    It has rained itself out, so it will be fine tomorrow.
  • 雪ゆきが降ふり止やんで、青空あおぞらが広ひろがった。
    The snow stopped and the blue sky spread.

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