I Love Kanji留める (tomeru)
留める (とめる, tomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stop; to turn off”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とめる
- Romaji
- tomeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stop; to turn off · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 止める, 停める
- to park · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 止める, 停める
- to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 止める, 停める
- to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit · ichidan verb, transitive
- to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 留める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 留める | とめる tomeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 留めます | とめます tomemasu |
| Negative | 留めない | とめない tomenai |
| Polite negative | 留めません | とめません tomemasen |
| Past | 留めた | とめた tometa |
| Polite past | 留めました | とめました tomemashita |
| Negative past | 留めなかった | とめなかった tomenakatta |
| Te-form | 留めて | とめて tomete |
| Potential | 留められる | とめられる tomerareru |
| Passive | 留められる | とめられる tomerareru |
| Causative | 留めさせる | とめさせる tomesaseru |
| Volitional | 留めよう | とめよう tomeyou |
| Imperative | 留めろ | とめろ tomero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 留めれば | とめれば tomereba |
Kanji in 留める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 留める.
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Source: JMdict entry 1310670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.