I Love Kanji留まる (todomaru)
留まる (とどまる, todomaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to remain; to abide”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とどまる
- Romaji
- todomaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 留まる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 留まる | とどまる todomaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 留まります | とどまります todomarimasu |
| Negative | 留まらない | とどまらない todomaranai |
| Polite negative | 留まりません | とどまりません todomarimasen |
| Past | 留まった | とどまった todomatta |
| Polite past | 留まりました | とどまりました todomarimashita |
| Negative past | 留まらなかった | とどまらなかった todomaranakatta |
| Te-form | 留まって | とどまって todomatte |
| Potential | 留まれる | とどまれる todomareru |
| Passive | 留まられる | とどまられる todomarareru |
| Causative | 留まらせる | とどまらせる todomaraseru |
| Volitional | 留まろう | とどまろう todomarou |
| Imperative | 留まれ | とどまれ todomare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 留まれば | とどまれば todomareba |
Kanji in 留まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 留まる.
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Source: JMdict entry 2657130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.