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<entry id="2171958" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2852555</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>止めとき</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>やめとき</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>∫</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<dial>&ksb;</dial>
<gloss>(please) don't</gloss>
<gloss>you had better not</gloss>
<gloss>quit it</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-12-20 04:22:18" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>やめておく→やめとく(common contraction)→やめとき (common ksb "mild imperative")
Nothing irregular about this expressiom but it's likely the most common example of this type of construction by far, it's interjection-like and beginners have to jump through 2 hoops to figure this one out (they have to find the とく;どく entry and the く→き mild ksb imperative isn't covered by any current entry and is not a conjugation that's usu covered by any of the apps/dics built on top of jmdict).
Somewhat related to せんといて which is already an entry</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>やめとき 190456
やめときな 17916
止めとき 49920
止めときな 2900
やめとけ 148087 (easier to figure out as く→け is a standard Japanese imperative)
https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q14236549809
「やめとき」って、関西弁ですか？ 九州弁ですか？
https://hinative.com/ja/questions/2612813
日本語 に関する質問
やめとき
どんな意味ですか
...
やめておいた方が良い
という意味です^^</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-01-01 03:40:45" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>