stop

★★★★★
4 strokes
DUPEPKSTRONG

Onyomi

SHI

SHE stopped you from having a good time.

Mnemonic

Picture your foot, with her spiked heel stomping on your instep - you can't walk. You been STOPPED.

Kunyomi

( ) と*める I stop it
★★★★★
( ) と*まる it gets stopped
★★★★★

Jukugo

中止(ちゅうし) された

stop/cancel ★★☆☆☆ NP
(middle) + (stop) = 中止 (stop/cancel)

(temporarily) stopped or (permanently) canceled. This is a word you'd hear in an announcement. You wouldn't say to your friend, "I'm going to 中止 watching TV for a week."

痛み止め(いたみどめ)

pain-killer, ★★☆☆☆
(hurts!!!) + (stop) = 痛み止め (pain-killer,)

pain-killer, like aspirin. (BOOBOO: not anaesthetic, which is 麻酔(ますい) )

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Synonyms

ban
禁止    廃止    発禁    廃棄    駆逐    追放   
hinder, obstruct, put a stop to.
阻む    阻止する    障る    防ぐ    妨げる   
stop
止まる    留まる