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Is there any difference in meaning between とめる and やめる as readings for 止める?
I'm guessing とめるis more to do with physically stopping something, whereas やめる means to stop doing something... -
First of all, unless it has furigana, you should always read it as とめる. To get some idea of the differences look at these pages:
とめる http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E6%AD%A2%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B&dtype=3&stype=0&dname=2na&pagenum=1&index=03104600
やめる http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E6%AD%A2%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B&dtype=3&stype=0&dname=2na&pagenum=1&index=04442100
As a bonus here's the even rarer とどめる
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E6%AD%A2%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B&dtype=3&stype=0&dname=2na&pagenum=1&index=03088100
Following up on my comment above, I think it's significant that the example sentences for やめる and とどめる use hiragana rather than kanji. -
[p]First of all, unless it has furigana, you should always read it as とめるPosted By: Richard
I did not know that. Thanks for the reply :)
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