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how do you say

"stop" in japanese?
and "i understand"
Is I understand similiar to "wakarimasen" (I don't understand?) They sound alike.. I just don't know how to pronounce "I undertand" correctly (romanji would help lol).

What does ___ mean:
Kantan
subete

P.S. using them in a sentance would help if you could. If you can't that's okay. Heh, and if you use them in a sentance can you identify other words? Sorry.
  • 3 years ago

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"stop" in japanese?
Basic (plain/dictuonary) words for "stop" are "tomaru" (means stop/halt/pause/draw up/pull up/pull in/cut off) and "yameru" (means stop/quit/give up/drop).


"Tomatte kudasai" (polite, not in an urgent)
(please stop)
"Tomare...!!"
(Stop...!!)

"Yamete kudasai!" (polite)
(please stop)
"Yame nasai...!" (soft, like talking to kids/friend)
(please stop)
"Yamete...!!"
(stop...!!)

"Tomaru" is usually for vehicles (car, bike, etc)
"Yameru" is for actions (ex: stop talking, stop doing something).


and "i understand"
Is I understand similiar to "wakarimasen" (I don't understand?) They sound alike.. I just don't know how to pronounce "I undertand" correctly (romanji would help lol).

"Wakarimasu" (polite) and "wakaru" (plain) mean (I) understand.
The negative forms (mean (I) don't understand) are "wakarimasen" (polite) and "wakaranai" (plain).


What does ___ mean:
"Kantan" means easy/simple/plain/brief.
"subete" means all/whole/everything (synonym of "zembu").
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  • Band Geek by Band Geek
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    Stop in Japanese is "teishi"

    I understand is "rikai suru" and "wakaranai" is I don't understand in Japanese. (But I also think that "wakarimasen" will also work too)

    Kantan means "easy" or "simple".
    Subete means "all" or "everything".

    I don't really know how to use them in a sentence... sorry. :(

    Source(s):

    I'm taking Japanese lessons.
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  • Haley by Haley
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    wakarimasu is "I understand" If a teacher asks wakarimasuka (Do you understand)then you could answer wakarimasu.

    teishi is the noun for stop.

    subete means "all" or "everything"

    kantan means "easy" but could also mena "brief"

    Source(s):

    I've taken Japanese 1, 2, and 3
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  • john by john
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    "stop" in Japanese is "やめて" and its pronounced as "yamete". its used when you are ordering a person to stop doing something like when someone is doing something annoying and you want them to stop it. If you say "yamete" it would actually be kind of rude, but if you say "やめてください" (yamete kudasai), which means "please stop it" will be nicer.

    If you want to tell someone to stop moving while the person is walking or driving a car, you can say "止まってください"(tomatte kudasai), but thats the nice way to say it. If it is and urgency, then you can say "止まれ"(tomare!).

    Actully you are right, "i understand" is similar to"わかりません"(wakarimasen). "i understand" is actually "わかります", which is pronounced "wakarimasu"

    "簡単" or "kantan" means "simple". it is the opposite of "複雑"(fukuzatsu)
    sentence: 卵の作り方は、とても簡単だ。(tamago no tsukurikata wa, totemo kantan da). It means, "the way to cook (作り方/ tsukurikata) eggs (卵/ tamago) is very simple (簡単/ kantan).- the way to cook eggs is very simple.

    "全て" or "subete" means "everything".
    sentence: 全てを書いてください。(subete wo kaite kudasai). It means "please (ください/ kudasai) write (書いて/ kaite) everything (全て/ subete).- please write everything.

    As you can tell, the Japanese grammar is very different from the English grammar. In a book for learning Japanese i actually read that for you to learn how to speak Japanese, you have to learn how to think backwards the way yoda from star wars talks.

    I hope this helped, if you have any more Japanese questions, i'd be happy to answer them, you can e-mail me if you want.

    good luck.
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  • bajinay by bajinay
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    casual/polite

    stop!! tomare!!/tomatte!!/tomatte kudasai!!!
    stop it!! yamete!!/yamete kudasai!!

    i understand: wakatta/wakaru/wakarimasu/wakarimashita

    i don't know/understand: shiranai/wakaranai/wakarimasen

    kantan: depending on the kanji, it could mean simple or admiration

    subete: in general/all/everything
    • 3 years ago
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