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    3. 取り留める

    取り留める

    取とり​留とめ​る​

    to narrowly escape (e.g. death)

    KMT10News #40+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab23 strokes

    取留める取りとめる

    とりとめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to narrowly escape (e.g. death), to hang onto (life)
    2.
    to ascertain, to make definite
    archaic

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    医い者しゃの懸けん命めいな治ち療りょうで、彼かれは命いのちを取とり留とめた。

    Thanks to the doctor's dedicated treatment, he narrowly escaped death.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    事じ故この後あと、彼かの女じょは奇き跡せき的てきに一いち命めいを取とり留とめた。

    After the accident, she miraculously survived.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    瀕ひん死しの重じゅう傷しょうを負おったが、彼かれの強つよい生せい命めい力りょくでなんとか命いのちを取とり留とめた。

    He suffered life-threatening injuries, but somehow managed to survive thanks to his strong vitality.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    厳きびしい冬ふゆを越こえ、その動どう物ぶつたちはなんとか命いのちを取とり留とめた。

    Surviving the harsh winter, those animals somehow managed to stay alive.

    KMT10Daily LifeAnimalsNature & Environment
    会かい社しゃは倒とう産さんの危き機きに瀕ひんしたが、新あらたな投とう資し家かが現あらわれて事じ業ぎょうを取とり留とめた。

    The company was on the verge of bankruptcy, but a new investor appeared and saved the business.

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    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
    り
    ri
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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