Meaning

Primary

To Quit

Alternative

To Resign As

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

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.

Reading

やめる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

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."

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 会社を辞める

    to resign from a company

    仕事を辞める

    to quit one's job

    学校を辞める

    to withdraw from school

Context Sentences

え、会社辞めるの?

Oh, you're leaving the company?

実は昨日、バイト辞めたんだ。

I actually quit my part-time job yesterday.

日曜の夜は「仕事辞めたい」しか考えられない。

On Sunday nights, all I can think about is "I want to quit my job."

Kanji Composition