Stop
- Katakana English: ストップ
- sounds like: suTOH-PPu
- English origin word: stop!
- Actual Japanese word: やめて (imperative)
This is a political poster from the Japanese Communist party opposing the increase of the national consumption tax (sales tax) from 5% to 10%. Rather than using any one of a number of Japanese words that would effectively convey their opposition, they went with an English word spoken with a Japanese accent.
「ストップ」is also widely used instead of 「止まれ」 when telling the driver of a car to stop or「立ち止まれ」as a direction from parents to their children to keep them from running into the street.
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