To Quit, To Resign As
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means quit so the verb vocab version is to quit.
やめる
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: "Hey, you going to quit?" "Yah (や) man, I'm going to quit."
え、会社辞めるの？
Oh, you're leaving the company?
実は昨日、バイト辞めたんだ。
I actually quit my part-time job yesterday.
日曜の夜は「仕事辞めたい」しか考えられない。
On Sunday nights, all I can think about is "I want to quit my job."