引ひき止とめる

ひきとめる hikitomeru

to detain
to check
to restrain

ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

挽留；阻止

Examples

Furigana

警けい察さつは怒おこった群ぐん衆しゅうを引ひき止とめた。
The police held the angry crowd back.
警察拦住了愤怒的人群。
Tatoeba #176146
引ひき止とめても無む駄だだ。
It's no use holding me back.
挽留也没用。
Tatoeba #189995

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d19f56d467'); // 引き止める

{
  "id": "d19f56d467",
  "word": "引き止める",
  "reading": "ひきとめる",
  "romaji": "hikitomeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to detain",
    "to check",
    "to restrain"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1601750,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "警察は怒った群衆を引き止めた。",
      "furigana": "{警察|けいさつ}は{怒|おこ}った{群衆|ぐんしゅう}を{引|ひ}き{止|と}めた。",
      "en": "The police held the angry crowd back.",
      "tatoeba_id": 176146
    },
    {
      "ja": "引き止めても無駄だ。",
      "furigana": "{引|ひ}き{止|と}めても{無駄|むだ}だ。",
      "en": "It's no use holding me back.",
      "tatoeba_id": 189995
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "909b24b79a8cc9f24cb2a9d7ac2416718c265bcb349278db846460ce52c78449",
    "meanings": [
      "挽留",
      "阻止"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "警察は怒った群衆を引き止めた。",
        "zh": "警察拦住了愤怒的人群。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "引き止めても無駄だ。",
        "zh": "挽留也没用。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/d19f56d467",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1601750; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4d0f99bae8953456867d0e81efa57af23c9d8824b267efd3ca641911a34d45f5"
  }
}