To Quit
To Resign As
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means quit so the verb vocab version is to quit.
やめる
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: "Hey, you going to quit?" "Yah (や) man, I'm going to quit."
医者のアドバイスにしたがって、仕事を辞めました。
I followed the doctor's advice and quit my job.
マイケルがへん集長を辞めたなんて、だれが言ったの？
Who said Michael resigned as chief editor?
フグが会社を辞めるので、お餞別に浮き輪を買おうと思っています。一緒に買いたい人は連絡ください。
Since Fugu quit the company, I’m thinking about getting him a swim ring as a farewell gift. If anyone wants to join in on my idea, let me know.