止まる
とまる
hepburn tomaru
to stop (intransitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- バスが駅前に止まりました。The bus stopped in front of the station.
- 時計が止まっている。The clock has stopped.
Collocations
止まる (tomaru, to stop, intransitive)止める (tomeru, to stop, transitive)停止 (teishi, halt formal)駐車する (chuusha suru, to park)泊まる (tomaru, to stay overnight)
Mnemonic
Tomaru (止まる) is a godan intransitive verb — "something stops by itself." Paired transitive: tomeru (止める, ichidan) "to stop something." Kuruma ga tomaru (the car stops) vs kuruma o tomeru (stop the car). Watch the homophone 泊まる tomaru "to stay overnight" — same sound, different kanji and meaning, hoteru ni tomaru (stay at a hotel). A flagship Japanese intransitive / transitive pair — memorize godan + ichidan pairs (aru / akeru / shimaru / tomaru) in a table. Korean meomchuda / seuda and English stop (intr. / tr.) parallel.
Quick check
Difference between "kuruma o tomeru" and "kuruma ga tomaru"?