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やめる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
やめる
BOOST
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to form 止める, 已める)
2. to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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やめる is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 14,000 (about 46,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6214
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
すぐにしゃべるやめなさい
Stop speaking right now.
わたし
がっこう
学校
やめなければならない
I have to leave school.
この
ほんや
本屋
ジャンプ
やめた
This bookstore stopped selling JUMP.
止める
BOOST
Reading : やめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 24,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 373 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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廃める
BOOST
Reading : やめる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 43,000 (about 12,200,000 results)
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已める
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Reading : やめる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 76,000 (about 3,790,000 results)
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ハイ   fall into disuse   すたれる to fall into disuse, become obsolete   すた to be disgraced   
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ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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hairy legs
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
广
stony cliff
イ   すで already   や to stop   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
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