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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

止とどまる

N1
とどまる todomaru
  1. to remain
  2. to stay
  3. 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なんの得とくもない。
    There is no advantage in staying here.
    待在这里也没有任何好处。
  • 彼かれが私わたし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"
  }
}