已: already; to stop

 

已 yǐ

adverb
: self; oneself

Kun Reading

已む OR 止む | やむ yamu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to cease; to stop; to be over

已める OR 止める | やめる yameru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to stop; to cease; to end; to quit
: to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish

已に | すでに sudeni

adverb
: already; too late

 Usage:

已經[经] yi3jing1: already

已故 yi3gu4: the late; deceased

已久 yi3jiu3: already a long time

已婚 yi3hun1: married

已往 yi3wang3: the past [いおう iou:hereafter; the future; formerly; in ancient times]

早已 zao3yi3: long ago; for a long time

而已 er2yi3: that’s all; nothing more

說說而已 [说说而已] shuo1 shuo1 er2 yi3: nothing serious; just hot air

不已 bu4yi3: endlessly; incessantly

不得已 bu4de3 yi3: to act against one’s will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
 
不得已而為之 [不得已而为之] bu4 de2 yi3 er2 wei2 zhi1: to have no other choice; to be the last resort

久已 jiu3yi3: long ago; a long time since

[已下 OR 以下 | いか ika OR いげ ige
: not exceeding; and downward; … and below
: below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level)
: the below-mentioned; the following; the rest] 以下 yi3xia4: that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

 
[已上 | いじょう ijou
: not less than; … and more; … and upwards
: beyond … (e.g. one’s means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than … (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
: above-mentioned; foregoing;
: since …; seeing that …
: this is all; that is the end; the end] 以上 yi3shang4: that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned

Japanese common word | expression
已まない | やまない yamanai
: (Usually written using kana alone) (after the -te form of a verb) always; forever
: very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)

已の事 | すんでのこと sunde no koto
: almost; very nearly

已んぬる哉 | やんぬるかな yannurukana
: I give up

万已むを得なければ | ばんやむをえなければ banyamu o ena kereba
: if necessary; when unavoidable

已むに已まれず | やむにやまれず yamuni yamarezu
OR
已むに已まれぬ | やむにやまれぬ yamuni yamarenu
OR
已むに已まれない | やむにやまれない yamuni yamarenai
: without being able to help oneself; against one’s will; compelling; pressing; irresistible

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
一夔已足 yi1 kui2 yi3 zu2
: one talented person is enough for the job

木已成舟 mu4 yi3 cheng2 zhou1
: lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already; fig. what is done cannot be undone
OR
米已成炊 mi3 yi3 cheng2 chui1
: lit. the rice has already been cooked; fig. what is done cannot be undone

萬不得已 wan4 bu4 de2 yi3
: only when absolutely essential; as a last resort

贊嘆不已 [赞叹不已] zan4 tan4 bu4 yi3
: to be full of praise

迫不得已 po4 bu4 de2 yi3
: to have no alternative; compelled by circumstances; forced into something

難以自已 [难以自已] nan2 yi3 zi1 yi3
: cannot control oneself; to be beside oneself

鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已 [鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已] ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4 , si3 er2 hou4 yi3
: to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one’s dying day; striving to the utmost one’s whole life; with every breath in one’s body, unto one’s dying day