I Love Kanji引き止める (hikitomeru)
引き止める (ひきとめる, hikitomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to detain; to check”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひきとめる
- Romaji
- hikitomeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引き止める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 引き止める | ひきとめる hikitomeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 引き止めます | ひきとめます hikitomemasu |
| Negative | 引き止めない | ひきとめない hikitomenai |
| Polite negative | 引き止めません | ひきとめません hikitomemasen |
| Past | 引き止めた | ひきとめた hikitometa |
| Polite past | 引き止めました | ひきとめました hikitomemashita |
| Negative past | 引き止めなかった | ひきとめなかった hikitomenakatta |
| Te-form | 引き止めて | ひきとめて hikitomete |
| Potential | 引き止められる | ひきとめられる hikitomerareru |
| Passive | 引き止められる | ひきとめられる hikitomerareru |
| Causative | 引き止めさせる | ひきとめさせる hikitomesaseru |
| Volitional | 引き止めよう | ひきとめよう hikitomeyou |
| Imperative | 引き止めろ | ひきとめろ hikitomero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引き止めれば | ひきとめれば hikitomereba |
Kanji in 引き止める
Related words
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Source: JMdict entry 1601750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.