とどめる
Also written 留める, 止める, 停める
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to stop; to halt; to hold back; to cease
- to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest)
- to fasten; to pin; to clip; to hold in place
- to keep in place; to limit; to retain
- to record (e.g. a fact); to commit to memory See also: 記憶にとどめる (きおくにとどめる).
Example sentences
- 我々はあらゆる学校を運営させ続け、あらゆる教師を職にとどめておくべきです。
We should keep every school open and every teacher in his job. - この曲がり角で、何年も記憶にとどめられる事故が起こった。
At this corner there happened an accident that was to be remembered for years.
Common phrases
- 原形をとどめる
- 名をとどめる (なをとどめる) to leave one's name
- 最小限にとどめる
- 姿をとどめる
- 名残をとどめる
- 原型をとどめる
- 記憶にとどめる (きおくにとどめる) to remember
- 程度にとどめる
- 形をとどめる
- 影響をとどめる
- 記憶をとどめる
- 表現にとどめる
- 被害をとどめる
- 必要最小限にとどめる
Related forms
- とどまる to remain (intransitive partner)