いじめをやめて
ijime o yamete
To say "stop bullying" in Japanese, use いじめをやめて (ijime o yamete).
This phrase is used as a request or command to tell someone to end their cruel or intimidating behavior toward another person.
What does it mean word for word?
The noun いじめ (ijime) means "bullying".
Which one should you use?
You can use いじめをやめてください to make the request more polite, or いじめをやめろ to express a strong, blunt command often used in high-tension situations or by authority figures.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
For a more polite and formal way to say "please stop bullying", add ください to the end to get いじめをやめてください. Conversely, いじめをやめろ is a blunt command used in high-tension moments.
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase いじめをやめて, the particle を (o) marks いじめ (bullying) as the direct object of the verb.
How do you pronounce it?
ijime o yamete
Did you know?
- Because Japanese culture highly values harmony, いじめ often manifests as 'exclusion' or 'silent treatment' rather than the physical aggression common in English-speaking countries.
- While いじめ is the common term, Japanese also uses the word パワハラ (pawahara), a loanword combining 'power' and 'harassment', to describe workplace bullying.
- The command form やめろ is often used in Japanese media, such as anime, to signal an immediate shift in a character's emotional state from calm to intense or aggressive.
Examples in context
- いじめをやめてください。Please stop bullying.
- いじめをやめろ！Stop bullying!
- そんな、いじめをやめて。sonna, ijime o yamete.Stop that bullying.
- いい加減に、いじめをやめてよ。ii kagen ni, ijime o yamete yo.Enough, stop the bullying.
Example conversation
Ren sees Misaki being mean to a classmate.
- 蓮 Ren美咲、いじめをやめて。Misaki, ijime o yamete.Misaki, stop bullying.
- 美咲 Misakiいじめてなんてないよ。ijimete nante nai yo.I'm not bullying anyone.
- 蓮 Ren見てればわかるよ。mitereba wakaru yo.I can tell by watching you.
- 美咲 Misakiわかったよ、もうやめる。wakatta yo, mō yameru.Alright, I'll stop now.
