I Love Kanji止める (todomeru)
止める (とどめる, todomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stop; to halt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とどめる
- Romaji
- todomeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stop; to halt; to hold back; to cease · ichidan verb, transitive
- to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to fasten; to pin; to clip; to hold in place · ichidan verb, transitive
- to keep in place; to limit; to retain · ichidan verb, transitive
- to record (e.g. a fact); to commit to memory · ichidan verb, transitive
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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 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 | 止める | とどめる todomeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 止めます | とどめます todomemasu |
| Negative | 止めない | とどめない todomenai |
| Polite negative | 止めません | とどめません todomemasen |
| Past | 止めた | とどめた todometa |
| Polite past | 止めました | とどめました todomemashita |
| Negative past | 止めなかった | とどめなかった todomenakatta |
| Te-form | 止めて | とどめて todomete |
| Potential | 止められる | とどめられる todomerareru |
| Passive | 止められる | とどめられる todomerareru |
| Causative | 止めさせる | とどめさせる todomesaseru |
| Volitional | 止めよう | とどめよう todomeyou |
| Imperative | 止めろ | とどめろ todomero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 止めれば | とどめれば todomereba |
Kanji in 止める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 止める.
止まるとまるto stop (moving)止むやむto cease禁止きんしprohibition止すよすto stop (doing)中止ちゅうしinterruption停止ていしstoppage防止ぼうしprevention立ち止まるたちどまるto stop (in one's tracks)引き止めるひきとめるto detain廃止はいしabolition静止せいしstillness阻止そしobstruction受け止めるうけとめるto catch呼び止めるよびとめるto (call and) stop
Source: JMdict entry 1598820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.