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    3. 留める

    留める

    留とどめ​る​

    to stop

    N3KMT10News #45+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    止める停める

    とどめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to
    2.
    to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit
    3.
    to record (e.g. a fact), to retain

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    髪かみをピンで留とどめる。

    To pin one's hair.

    KMT8Daily Life
    彼かれはその出で来き事ごとを心こころに留とどめていた。

    He kept that event in his mind.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    この法ほう律りつは、過か度どな競きょう争そうを留とどめることを目もく的てきとしている。

    This law aims to curb excessive competition.

    KMT10Politics & LawWork & Career
    書しょ類るいをクリップで留とどめて、ばらばらにならないようにした。

    I clipped the documents together so they wouldn't scatter.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    歴れき史し家かは、過か去この事じ実じつを正せい確かくに記き録ろくに留とどめるべきだ。

    Historians should accurately record past facts.

    KMT10HistoryEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    留
    と.める・と.まる・とど.める・とど.まる・るうぶる…(3)
    detain・fasten・halt・stop
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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