止まる
N1とどまる todomaru
- to remain
- to stay
- to be limited to
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
停留;局限
Examples
- ここにとどまっていても何の得もない。There is no advantage in staying here.待在这里也没有任何好处。
- 彼が私をとどまらせることにした。He chose to have me stay.他决定让我留下。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e9f0941d9e'); // 止まる
{
"id": "e9f0941d9e",
"word": "止まる",
"reading": "とどまる",
"romaji": "todomaru",
"meanings": [
"to remain",
"to stay",
"to be limited to"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 2657130,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ここにとどまっていても何の得もない。",
"furigana": "ここにとどまっていても{何|なん}の{得|とく}もない。",
"en": "There is no advantage in staying here.",
"tatoeba_id": 224474
},
{
"ja": "彼が私をとどまらせることにした。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}が{私|わたし}をとどまらせることにした。",
"en": "He chose to have me stay.",
"tatoeba_id": 120265
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6056c259e075b945d756176778e5317cfe10c559ebf0e838ffecf67d2c9be609",
"meanings": [
"停留",
"局限"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ここにとどまっていても何の得もない。",
"zh": "待在这里也没有任何好处。"
},
{
"ja": "彼が私をとどまらせることにした。",
"zh": "他决定让我留下。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/e9f0941d9e",
"JMdict ent_seq 2657130; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "b188fa3571e9a71ca2de919f333dde35eeab59c20253dcf4e4c51a84bb1c163f"
}
}