止める
N1とどめる todomeru
- to stop
- to leave behind
- to keep
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
停止;留存
Examples
- 彼の勇気は歴史に名をとどめた。His courage went down in history.他的勇气使他名垂青史。
- 虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。A great man will be remembered for his achievements.虎死留皮,人死留名。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7515db0cfd'); // 止める
{
"id": "7515db0cfd",
"word": "止める",
"reading": "とどめる",
"romaji": "todomeru",
"meanings": [
"to stop",
"to leave behind",
"to keep"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1598820,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼の勇気は歴史に名をとどめた。",
"en": "His courage went down in history.",
"tatoeba_id": 115947
},
{
"ja": "虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。",
"en": "A great man will be remembered for his achievements.",
"tatoeba_id": 174463
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "8a2cf7ed3dfbd90b10f4b5d2c2b48e4e2863dd69cf952b3806f34e69690df223",
"meanings": [
"停止",
"留存"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼の勇気は歴史に名をとどめた。",
"zh": "他的勇气使他名垂青史。"
},
{
"ja": "虎は死して皮を留め、人は死して名を残す。",
"zh": "虎死留皮,人死留名。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/7515db0cfd",
"JMdict ent_seq 1598820; 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": "fea4416b9fd1ff670e0ece4aa1b7f1c80db951f7812cd265a55129b38da19dda"
}
}