Illustration: Outside a neighbourhood grocery, a shopper steps out from under the awning and extends a palm toward the sky. The pavement is soaked, but the broad puddle beside their shoes has a perfectly still surface reflecting a break in the clouds. Their other hand begins folding a wet umbrella.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

止やむ

yamu

to stop, to cease

Often used for rain, wind, or other ongoing events. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

風かぜがやみました。
The wind has died down.
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やっと雨あめがやんだ。
The rain stopped at last.
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雨あめは止やんだ。
It has stopped raining.
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Kanji in 止

止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・やめる

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