打ち止める

うちとめる

Also written 打ち留める, 打止める, 打留める

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to hammer into place
2. to end (a performance) (also うちどめる)
3. to kill (with a gun, sword, etc.); to slay; to shoot dead; to cut down

Kanji

• 打 hit. Read as うち.
• 止 stop. Read as とめる.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists