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やめてください → やめて／やめろ

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やめてください→やめて→やめろ

やめてください is a polite request. やめて drops ください; やめろ is the blunt command form. In comedy it is how the straight man shuts down the funny man’s worst idea.

Use it withFriends OKCoworkers carefulBoss / teacher avoid

やめて is fine between friends. やめろ is a rough order: friends only, and only when joking.

877 lines with やめて／やめろ from 168 comedians in the library · Counts updated 2026-10-07

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トップガン「握手会」Top Gun · Handshake Event

The two are arguing about a girl, and one of them has a theory about her name.

The words appear when the audience laughs.

それやめろ!

Cut that out!

Textbookそれはやめてください。The polite request 「やめてください」 (te-form + ください) is replaced by the plain imperative 「やめろ」 (stem + ろ), a blunt order used between close friends. The particle 「は」 is also dropped from 「それは」.

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ペンた丸「超能力」Pentamaru · Superpowers

Someone threatens to punch classmates one at a time until another student agrees to show something.

The words appear when the audience laughs.

やめろ

Stop it!

Textbookやめてください。Dropping 'ください' turns the polite request 'やめてください' into the casual 'やめて'; 'やめろ' is the plain imperative of 'やめる': a blunt, forceful 'Stop it!'

Tone: Rough commandSpeed: normal

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化石コンパス「好きな子のペットボトルゴミ」Kaseki Compass · My Crush's Empty Bottle

Two people who both like Fukada argue as one of them works up the nerve to act.

The words appear when the audience laughs.

やめろ!

Stop!

Textbookやめてください。Instead of the polite request 「やめてください」, he uses 「やめろ」, the plain imperative (command) form of 「やめる」: blunt and urgent, typical in a heated moment.

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6年黄組「沖縄居酒屋」6-nen Kigumi · Okinawan Izakaya

At an izakaya, a staff member gets confused and messes up, and the customer asks for the manager.

The words appear when the audience laughs.

それはやめてくれ、それはやめてくれ

Please, don't do that. Don't do that.

Textbookそれはやめてください。それはやめてください。Polite 'やめてください' becomes 'やめてくれ': 'くれ' is the blunt imperative of 'くれる', here a desperate, pleading 'don't do that.'

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エビカレンダー「店長に誕生日プレゼント」Ebi Calendar · A Birthday Present for the Manager

Two coworkers are bickering, and one is getting more and more upset at what the other keeps doing.

The words appear when the audience laughs.

店長てんちょうの悪口わるぐち聞ききたくないからやめてって!

I don't wanna hear you trash-talk the manager, so stop, I said!

Textbook店長の悪口は聞きたくないので、やめてください。Polite "やめてください" drops "ください" to bare "やめて"; the tacked-on "って" adds an exasperated "I said!"

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More lines with やめて／やめろ

From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.

やめろ
化石コンパス 「好きな子のペットボトルゴミ」 · 1:22
絶対ぜったいやめてそれは!
モッツァレラ気分 「思い出の町中華」 · 4:08
やるのやめて!
なかよし 「胴上げ」 · 0:26
ちょっと店長てんちょうやめてください
フランスピアノ 「バイトの店長」 · 3:28
やめろってお前まえそれ俺おれに言いって
まぐろ兄弟 「どっちがツライ？」 · 2:50
おい汚きたない汚きたないやめろ
さすらいラビー 「バチェラー」 · 3:09
やめろおかしいだろお前まえ
ガロイン 「コンビニ」 · 3:29
ちょ、やめて!一緒いっしょに夢ゆめ叶かなえようって!
さんだる 「証明写真」 · 1:30
やめろ腹立はらだつよ
化石コンパス 「一軍になりたい」 · 1:06
腕うでつかむのやめてもらっていいですか?
タルタル関数 「声かけられたい」 · 1:26
おい汚きたない汚きたないやめてどういう仕組しくみのピアノ?
さすらいラビー 「バチェラ」 · 3:10
方ほうが肩かたみたいまあいいけどタイヤやめてんなぁ
メイリン 「単身赴任からの帰宅」 · 1:17

Quick answers

What does やめて／やめろ mean?

やめて／やめろ means “stop it!”. やめてください is a polite request. やめて drops ください; やめろ is the blunt command form. In comedy it is how the straight man shuts down the funny man’s worst idea.

Is やめて／やめろ rude? Who can you say it to?

With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. やめて is fine between friends. やめろ is a rough order: friends only, and only when joking.

How common is やめて／やめろ in real speech?

In 1,905 live comedy routines, やめて／やめろ appears in 877 lines from 168 comedians.