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    3. 留め

    留め

    留とめ​

    (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)

    KMT9News #31+1Noun, SuffixArt & DesignKanji Vocab12 strokes

    止め

    とめ

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
    2.
    remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
    3.
    forty-five degree angle

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    この木もく材ざいは留とめで接せつ合ごうされている。

    This timber is joined with a miter joint (or stop joint).

    KMT8Art & Design
    漢かん字じの書かき方かたで、跳はね、払はらい、留とめは基き本ほんだ。

    In kanji writing, hooks, sweeps, and stops are fundamental.

    KMT9Art & DesignEducation
    額がく縁ぶちの角かどは、美うつくしい45度どの留ため加か工こうが施ほどこされている。

    The corners of the picture frame have a beautiful 45-degree miter joint finish.

    KMT9Art & Design
    書しょ道どうでは、筆ふでうごきの動さいごにとめをいしきの最 後 に「留 め」を意じゅう識よすることが重う要だだ。

    In calligraphy, it's important to be conscious of the "stop" at the end of the brush stroke.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    家か具ぐ職しょく人にんは、留とめ継つぎの精せい度どにこだわり、美うつくしい仕し上あがりを実じつ現げんした。

    The furniture craftsman was particular about the precision of the miter joint, achieving a beautiful finish.

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    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
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