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Characters Pronunciation
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Variations:
留置郵便
留置き郵便
留め置き郵便

see styles
 tomeokiyuubin / tomeokiyubin
    とめおきゆうびん
mail held at the post office

Variations:
取り留め
取留め
取り止め
取止め

see styles
 toritome
    とりとめ
(kana only) (See とりとめのない) coherence; order; focus; point

Variations:
打ち止め
打ち留め
打止め
打留め

see styles
 uchidome
    うちどめ
(1) end (of play, match, etc.); closing; (2) closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)

Variations:
止めくぎ
留めくぎ
止め釘
留め釘

see styles
 tomekugi
    とめくぎ
stop peg; toggle; tack

Variations:
目に留まる
目に止まる
目にとまる

see styles
 menitomaru
    めにとまる
(exp,v5r) to catch one's attention

Variations:
目を留める
目を止める
目をとめる

see styles
 meotomeru
    めをとめる
(exp,v1) to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

Variations:
髪留め
髪どめ(sK)
髪留(sK)

see styles
 kamidome
    かみどめ
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band

Variations:
かるた会
カルタ会
歌留多会(sK)

see styles
 karutakai
    カルタかい
(See 歌がるた) karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta)

Variations:
止まる(P)
留まる
停まる
駐まる

see styles
 todomaru
    とどまる
(v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); (v5r,vi) (2) (kana only) (See 占める・2) to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

Variations:
心に留める
心にとめる
心にとどめる

see styles
 kokoronitomeru(心nimeru, 心nitomeru); kokoronitodomeru(心nimeru, 心nitodomeru)
    こころにとめる(心に留める, 心にとめる); こころにとどめる(心に留める, 心にとどめる)
(exp,v1) (See 気に留める,心に掛ける) to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note

Variations:
踏みとどまる
踏み止まる
踏み留まる

see styles
 fumitodomaru
    ふみとどまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to hold one's ground; (v5r,vi) (2) to stop (doing); to give up

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

see styles
 torahashishitekawaotodomehitohashishitenaonokosu
    とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす
(exp,v5s) (proverb) he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name

Variations:
足止め(P)
足留め(rK)
足留(rK)

see styles
 ashidome
    あしどめ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay; (noun, transitive verb) (2) being stranded; grounding; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (足留め, 足留 only) level dyeing

Variations:
留め金(P)
止め金(P)
留金
止金

see styles
 tomegane
    とめがね
clasp; latch; catch; fastener

Variations:
書留(P)
書き留め(io)
書留め(io)

see styles
 kakitome
    かきとめ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (abbreviation) (See 書留郵便) registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (2) (putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry

Variations:
留守番(P)
るす番(sK)
留守ばん(sK)

see styles
 rusuban
    るすばん
(n,vs,vi) (1) care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home; (2) caretaker; house-sitter

Variations:
入満(ateji)
伊留満(ateji)
由婁漫(ateji)

see styles
 iruman
    イルマン
(archaism) (kana only) (early Japanese Christian term) brother (por: irmão); lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order

Variations:
取り留めもない
取り留めも無い(rK)

see styles
 toritomemonai
    とりとめもない
(exp,adj-f) (kana only) (See とりとめのない) incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

Variations:
いろは歌留多(ateji)
伊呂波歌留多(ateji)

see styles
 irohakaruta; irohagaruta; irohakaruta; irohagaruta
    いろはかるた; いろはがるた; いろはカルタ; いろはガルタ
(kana only) iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards

Variations:
カルタ取り
かるた取り
歌留多取り(sK)

see styles
 karutatori
    カルタとり
(See カルタ) karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading

Variations:
歩留まり
歩留り
歩留
歩止まり
歩止り

see styles
 budomari
    ぶどまり
(n,adj-f) yield; yield rate

Variations:
引き止める(P)
引止める(io)(P)
引き留める

see styles
 hikitomeru
    ひきとめる
(transitive verb) to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

Variations:
いろは歌留多(ateji)
伊呂波歌留多(ateji)(rK)

see styles
 irohakaruta; irohagaruta; irohakaruta; irohagaruta
    いろはカルタ; いろはガルタ; いろはかるた; いろはがるた
(kana only) {cards} iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards

Variations:
お目に留まる
お目にとまる
御目に留まる

see styles
 omenitomaru
    おめにとまる
(exp,v5r) to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention

Variations:
お高くとまる
お高く止まる
お高く留まる

see styles
 otakakutomaru
    おたかくとまる
(exp,v5r) to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

Variations:
打ち止める
打ち留める
打止める
打留める

see styles
 uchitomeru
    うちとめる
(transitive verb) (1) to hammer into place; (transitive verb) (2) (also うちどめる) to end (a performance); (transitive verb) (3) to kill (with a gun, sword, etc.); to slay; to shoot dead; to cut down

Variations:
止まる(P)
留まる(P)
停まる
駐まる
止る
留る

see styles
 tomaru
    とまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to stop (moving); to come to a stop; (v5r,vi) (2) to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; (v5r,vi) (3) to alight; to perch on

Variations:
お目に留まる
お目にとまる
御目に留まる(sK)

see styles
 omenitomaru
    おめにとまる
(exp,v5r) to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention

Variations:
抱きとめる
抱き留める
抱き止める
抱留める

see styles
 dakitomeru
    だきとめる
(transitive verb) to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

Variations:
突き止める
突きとめる
突止める
突き留める

see styles
 tsukitomeru
    つきとめる
(transitive verb) (1) to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; to locate; to identify; (transitive verb) (2) (archaism) (See 突き殺す) to stab to death

Variations:
西洋骨牌
西洋カルタ
西洋かるた
西洋歌留多

see styles
 seiyoukaruta / seyokaruta
    せいようカルタ
(dated) (See トランプ) Western playing cards

Variations:
書き留める
書きとめる
書留める
書き止める(iK)

see styles
 kakitomeru; kakitodomeru(書kimeru)
    かきとめる; かきとどめる(書き留める)
(transitive verb) to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

Variations:
歌かるた
歌がるた
歌カルタ
歌ガルタ
歌加留多

see styles
 utakaruta(歌karuta, 歌加多); utagaruta(歌garuta, 歌加多); utakaruta(歌karuta); utagaruta(歌garuta)
    うたかるた(歌かるた, 歌加留多); うたがるた(歌がるた, 歌加留多); うたカルタ(歌カルタ); うたガルタ(歌ガルタ)
{cards} utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them

Variations:
命を取り留める
命をとりとめる
命を取りとめる

see styles
 inochiotoritomeru
    いのちをとりとめる
(exp,v1) (See 一命を取り留める・いちめいをとりとめる) to escape death; to be saved from death

Variations:
呼び止める
呼びとめる
呼び留める
呼止める
呼留める

see styles
 yobitomeru
    よびとめる
(transitive verb) to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

Variations:
一命を取り留める
一命をとりとめる
一命を取りとめる

see styles
 ichimeiotoritomeru / ichimeotoritomeru
    いちめいをとりとめる
(exp,v1) to escape death; to be saved from death

Variations:
足止めを食う
足止めをくう
足留めを食う
足留めをくう

see styles
 ashidomeokuu / ashidomeoku
    あしどめをくう
(exp,v5u) to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

Variations:
思いとどまる(P)
思い止まる
思い留まる
思い止どまる(sK)

see styles
 omoitodomaru
    おもいとどまる
(transitive verb) to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

Variations:
お高くとまる
お高く止まる
お高く留まる
御高くとまる(sK)

see styles
 otakakutomaru
    おたかくとまる
(exp,v5r) to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

Variations:
花かるた
花歌留多(ateji)
花骨牌
花カルタ
花がるた
花ガルタ

see styles
 hanakaruta; hanagaruta
    はなかるた; はながるた
{hanaf} (See 花札) hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)

Variations:
押しとどめる
押し止める
押し留める
押止める(io)
押留める(io)

see styles
 oshitodomeru; oshitomeru(押shi止meru, 押shimeru, 押止meru, 押meru)
    おしとどめる; おしとめる(押し止める, 押し留める, 押止める, 押留める)
(transitive verb) to check; to stop; to keep back

Variations:
繋ぎ止める
つなぎ止める
繋ぎとめる
繋ぎ留める
つなぎ留める

see styles
 tsunagitomeru
    つなぎとめる
(transitive verb) (1) to tie; to fasten; to hitch; (transitive verb) (2) to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

Variations:
取り留めのない
取り留めの無い
取り止めのない
取り止めの無い

see styles
 toritomenonai
    とりとめのない
(exp,adj-f) (kana only) incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

Variations:
花かるた
花歌留多(ateji)
花骨牌
花がるた
花カルタ(sK)
花ガルタ(sK)

see styles
 hanakaruta(花karuta, 花歌多, 花骨牌); hanagaruta(花歌多, 花骨牌, 花garuta)
    はなカルタ(花かるた, 花歌留多, 花骨牌); はなガルタ(花歌留多, 花骨牌, 花がるた)
(See 花札) hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)

Variations:
止めどなく(P)
止め処なく
止めど無く
止め処無く
とめど無く
留処無く

see styles
 tomedonaku
    とめどなく
(adverb) (kana only) endlessly; ceaselessly

Variations:
歌留多(ateji)(P)
骨牌
加留多(ateji)
嘉留太(ateji)
軽板(ateji)(oK)
軽多(ateji)(oK)

see styles
 karuta(p); karuta
    かるた(P); カルタ
(kana only) karuta (por: carta); traditional Japanese playing cards

Variations:
立ち止まる(P)
立ち止る
立ちどまる
立止る
立ち留まる
立留まる
立留る

see styles
 tachidomaru(p); tachitomaru(立chi止maru, 立chi止ru, 立止ru, 立chimaru, 立maru, 立ru)(ok)
    たちどまる(P); たちとまる(立ち止まる, 立ち止る, 立止る, 立ち留まる, 立留まる, 立留る)(ok)
(v5r,vi) to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

Variations:
とどまるところを知らない
止まるところを知らない
留まるところを知らない

see styles
 todomarutokorooshiranai
    とどまるところをしらない
(expression) knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

Variations:
撃ち止める(P)
打ち止める
打ち留める
討ち止める
撃止める
打止める
討止める
打留める

see styles
 uchitomeru
    うちとめる
(transitive verb) (1) (打ち止める, 打ち留める, 打止める, 打留める only) to hammer into place; (transitive verb) (2) (打ち止める, 打ち留める, 打止める, 打留める only) (also うちどめる) to end (a performance); (transitive verb) (3) (撃ち止める refers esp. to a gun, and 討ち止める to a blade) to kill; to slay; to shoot dead; to cut down

Variations:
引き止める(P)
引き留める
引きとめる
引止める(P)
引留める
ひき止める(sK)
ひき留める(sK)

see styles
 hikitomeru
    ひきとめる
(transitive verb) to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

Variations:
立ち止まる(P)
立ち止る(sK)
立ちどまる(sK)
立止る(sK)
立ち留まる(sK)
立留まる(sK)
立留る(sK)

see styles
 tachidomaru(p); tachitomaru(ok)
    たちどまる(P); たちとまる(ok)
(v5r,vi) to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

Variations:
歌留多(ateji)(P)
骨牌
加留多(ateji)(rK)
嘉留太(ateji)(rK)
軽板(ateji)(oK)
軽多(ateji)(oK)
賀留多(ateji)(oK)

see styles
 karuta(p); karuta
    かるた(P); カルタ
(kana only) karuta (por: carta); traditional Japanese playing cards

Variations:
歌留多(ateji)(P)
骨牌
加留多(ateji)(rK)
嘉留太(ateji)(rK)
軽板(ateji)(oK)
軽多(ateji)(oK)
賀留多(ateji)(oK)
哥留多(ateji)(oK)

see styles
 karuta(p); karuta
    カルタ(P); かるた
(kana only) karuta (por: carta); traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

Variations:
歌留多(ateji)(P)
骨牌
加留多(ateji)(rK)
嘉留太(ateji)(sK)
軽板(ateji)(sK)
軽多(ateji)(sK)
賀留多(ateji)(sK)
哥留多(ateji)(sK)

see styles
 karuta(p); karuta
    カルタ(P); かるた
(kana only) karuta (por: carta); traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

Variations:
歌留多(ateji)(P)
骨牌
加留多(ateji)(rK)
嘉留太(ateji)(sK)
軽板(ateji)(sK)
軽多(ateji)(sK)
賀留多(ateji)(sK)
哥留多(ateji)(sK)
かる多(sK)

see styles
 karuta(p); karuta
    カルタ(P); かるた
(kana only) karuta (por: carta); traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

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