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とどめ 止め

a finishing blow [stroke]

《フランス語》 a coup de grace

用例

彼にとってこれが最後のとどめになった. For him this was the last straw [finishing blow].

止めを刺す

(1)

〈息の根を完全にとめる〉 put an end to somebody's life; 《口語》 finish somebody off; 【形式ばった表現】 administer [deliver] the coup de grace to somebody.

(2)

〈決定的な打撃を与える〉

議論にとどめを刺す

clinch the argument

用例

ガリレオの実験はアリストテレスの物理学にとどめをさすものであった. Galileo's demonstration killed Aristotelian physics.

(3)

〈それに限る〉

用例

コーヒーならブルーマウンテンにとどめをさす. Of all brands of coffee ‘Blue Mountain' is the best.｜There is no coffee like [as good as] ‘Blue Mountain'.

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とめ 止め

1

〈終わり〉

an end.

2

〈止めること〉

a stop

用例

彼らのけんかを止めにはいった. I intervened [stepped in] to stop the quarrel between them.

3

〈留め継ぎ〉

a miter joint.

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やめ 止め

〈中止〉 a stop; 【形式ばった表現】 discontinuance

〈終わり〉 an end; (a) conclusion

やめになる

come to an end

be off

be given up

be called (off)

やめにする

⇒やめる^１

用例

この辺でやめにしておこう. Let's leave off here. ストはやめになった. The strike is off. 試合はやめになった. The match was called off.

斎藤和英大辞典

止め

読み方 とどめ

名詞

A finishing blow; a coup de grace; one's quietus

用例

とどめを刺す
to give one a coup de grace―give one one's quietus

花は桜にとどめを刺す
There is no flower like the cherry.

景色は日本にとどめを刺す
For scenery, there is no country like Japan.

色は年増にとどめを刺す
There is nothing like a middle-aged woman for sensual enjoyment.

秋は紅葉にとどめを刺す
The maples are the crowning glory of autumn.

あまりうまい相談だからとどめを刺しておいた
As it was too good an offer to be lost, I clenched the bargain―clinched the bargain―nailed the bargain.

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止め

読み方 やめ

名詞

1

（＝中止）stop; cessation; discontinuance; end:（=る） to stop （doing something）; to cease （doing something―from some action）; to quit （doing something）; to leave off, break off （doing something）; to discontinue （a study）; to desist （from the attempt）; to end （anything）; to put an end to （anything）

用例

止めろ
Stop!―Have done!

冗談止めろ
Stop joking!―No more of your jokes!

撃ち方止め
Stop firing!

漕ぎ方止め
Stop rowing!―Easy all!

京都行きは止めになった
My visit to Kyoto is at an end―over.

秀吉が死んで朝鮮征伐は止めになった
The death of Hideyoshi brought the Korean invasion to an end.

もう仕事を止める時間だ
It is time to leave off work―knock off work.

僕が行くと皆話しを止める
They leave off talking at my approach.

この新聞は面白くないから止めよう
I'll stop taking this paper, for it does not read well.

彼は英語の先生を止めた
He has quitted teaching English.

暫くドイツ語を止めている
I have discontinued the study of German for a time.

人間は戦争を止めぬ
Man will never cease from strife.

彼は演説の真中で急に止めた
He broke off in the midst of his speech.

この取引きは止めだ
I will break off the bargain―declare off the bargain.

君が入らなければ僕もお止めだ
If you will not join, I will beg off―cry off.

銀行と取引を止める
to close an account with a bank

人と交際を止める
to drop an acquaintance

習慣を止める
to lay aside a habit

彼は誰が来ても読書を止めぬ
Whoever may come, he goes on reading.

僕はまだ同窓と文通を止めぬ
I still keep up correspondence with my college friends.

先方が謝罪しなければこのけんかは止められぬ
If the other party will not apologize, the affair must go up―proceed.

もう馬車は止めだ
I will put down my carriage―The carriage must go.

2

（＝断念）abandonment:（=る） to abandon; to give up

用例

酒を止める、タバコを止める
to give up drinking―give up smoking

酒を止めた
I have given up drinking―sworn off drinking―drunk my last cup.

タバコを止めた
I have given up smoking―smoked my last pipe―laid aside my pipe.

彼は医者の止めるのも聴かずに酒を止めぬ
He keeps on drinking in defiance of his doctor's warning.

彼は酒が好きで止められない
He has an unconquerable love for drink―He is an inveterate drunkard.

僕はどうしてもタバコが止められぬ
Nothing can make me give up smoking―I am an inveterate smoker.

この目が治らなけりゃ学問を止めなければならぬ
If my eyes do not get well, I shall have to give up my studies.

僕は商売を止めなけりゃよかった
I wish I had not given up my business.

僕は金が出ないから洋行を止めた
I have given up the idea of going abroad, for I can not find the means.

計画は止めになった
The project has been abandoned.

誰がなんと言ってもこのことばかりは止められぬ
Nobody can deter me from the step.

3

（＝辞職、廃業）resignation; retirement:（=る） to resign （one's office）; to retire from （business）; to leave; to quit

用例

役を止める
to resign one's office―leave office

商売を止める
to retire from business―give up one's business

学校を止める
to leave school

あの時学校を中途で止めなけりゃよかった
I wish I had not left school half way.

先生を止めて実業界に入る者がある
Some men quit teaching and go into business.

要求を容れなけりゃ僕は止める
If they will not comply with my demands, I will leave.

こう不意に止めるのはお気の毒ですが
I am sorry to leave you at such short notice.

時に井上君はなぜ止めたのか
By the bye, why has Mr. Inoue left?

4

（＝廃止）abolition:（=る） to abolish; to do away with （anything）

用例

礼儀を止めて無礼講にしようじゃないか
Let us do away with ceremony!―Let all ceremony be down away with!

JMdict

止め

読み方：とどめ

留め とも書く

（名詞） finishing blow; clincher

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止め

読み方：どめ

（接尾辞） (something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)

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留め

読み方：とめ

止め とも書く

(1)

（名詞、接尾辞） (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)

(2)

remaining (e.g. poste-restante)

(3)

forty-five degree angle

機械工学英和和英辞典

止め（回転等の動きの）

catch

日本語WordNet(英和)

止め

【名詞】

1 coup de grace, deathblow

殺す一撃（通常慈悲深く）

(the blow that kills (usually mercifully))

2 discontinuance, discontinuation

中止する、または中断するする行為

(the act of discontinuing or breaking off)

3 stop, stoppage

何かを止める行為

(the act of stopping something)

the third baseman made some remarkable stops その三塁手は素晴らしい防御プレーを何回か行った his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood 流れをせき止めたことで洪水になった

4 stop, catch

動きを止める制約

(a restraint that checks the motion of something)

he used a book as a stop to hold the door open 彼は本を押えに使ってドアが開くのを止めた

5 fillet, stopping

溶接金属の細長い一片からなる締め具で、スチール部材をつなぎ合わせるのに用いる

(fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members)

6 finish, conclusion, ending

あることを終わらせる出来事

(event whose occurrence ends something)

his death marked the ending of an era 彼の死はその時代の終わりを告げた when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show これらの最終話が放送されると、その番組は終るだろう

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読み方 ヤメ

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止め

読み方 トメ

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