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    3. 止まる

    止まる

    止とま​る​

    to stop (moving)

    N5KMT6News #13+1CoreRef L1Verb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    留まる停まる駐まる止る留る

    とまる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to stop (moving), to come to a stop
    2.
    to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended
    3.
    to alight, to perch on

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    電でん車しゃが駅えきに止とまりました。

    The train stopped at the station.

    KMT3Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    信しん号ごうが赤あかに変かわったので、車くるまは止とまった。

    The traffic light turned red, so the car stopped.

    KMT5Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    時と計けいが止とまってしまい、時じ間かんがわかりません。

    My watch stopped, and I don't know the time.

    KMT6Daily Life
    小こ鳥とりが窓まど辺べの枝えだに止とまっています。

    A small bird is perched on the branch by the window.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    議ぎ論ろんが白はく熱ねつし、誰だれも口くちを挟はさむことができずに時じ間かんが止とまったようだった。

    The discussion became heated, and it seemed as if time had stopped, with no one able to interject.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    止
    と.まる・-ど.まり・と.める・-と.める・-ど.め・とど.める…(10)
    stop・halt
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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