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    3. 仕留める

    仕留める

    仕し留とめ​る​

    to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.)

    KMT9News #33+1Verb, TransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    為留める

    しとめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.), to kill, to shoot dead, to shoot down

    Stroke 0 / 18

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    猟りょう師しは獲え物ものを仕し留とめた。

    The hunter brought down his prey.

    KMT7Animals
    彼かれは最さい後ごのチャンスを仕し留とめ、試し合あいに勝しょう利りした。

    He seized the last chance and won the match.

    KMT9Sports & Martial Arts
    敵てきのリーダーを仕し留とめることが、作さく戦せんの最さい重じゅう要よう目もく標ひょうだった。

    Taking down the enemy leader was the most crucial objective of the operation.

    KMT9Military
    ボクサーは渾こん身しんの一いち撃げきで相あい手てを仕し留とめ、ノックアウト勝がちを収おさめた。

    The boxer finished off his opponent with a powerful blow and won by knockout.

    KMT9Sports & Martial Arts
    熊くまを仕し留とめるのは、非ひ常じょうに危き険けんで熟じゅく練れんを要ようする作さ業ぎょうだ。

    Bringing down a bear is a very dangerous and skilled task.

    KMT9AnimalsNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    仕
    つか.える…(2)
    attend・doing・official・serve
    Kanji
    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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