N31479/1669

止とめる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)transitive verb

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とめる

Meanings

to stop, to turn off
to park
to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain)
to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit
to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind
to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple
to detain, to keep in custody

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エンジンを止とめてから車くるまを降おりてください。

Please turn off the engine before getting out of the car.

彼女かのじょは涙なみだを止とめることができなかった。

She was unable to hold back her tears.

父ちちは私わたしが留学りゅうがくすることを止とめようとした。

My father tried to stop me from studying abroad.

ポスターを壁かべにピンで止とめた。

I pinned the poster to the wall.

医師いしは患者かんじゃの痛いたみを止とめるために適切てきせつな薬くすりを処方しょほうした。

The doctor prescribed appropriate medication to relieve the patient's pain.

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)