留まる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "留まる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
留まる まる
Imperative (命令形) 留まれ まれ
Key constructions
Passive 留まられる まられる
Causative 留まらせる まらせる
Potential 留まれる まれる
Volitional 留まろう まろ
Negative 留まらない まらない
Negative perfective 留まらなかった まらなかった
Formal 留まります まりま
Perfective 留まった まった
Conjunctive 留まって まって
Hypothetical conditional 留まれば まれ

Verb

()まる (tomaru

  1. Alternative form of 止まる (tomaru)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とど
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "留まる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
留まる どま
Imperative (命令形) 留まれ どま
Key constructions
Passive 留まられる どまられ
Causative 留まらせる どまらせ
Potential 留まれる どまれ
Volitional 留まろう どまろ
Negative 留まらない どまらない
Negative perfective 留まらなかった どまらなかった
Formal 留まります どまりま
Perfective 留まった どまった
Conjunctive 留まって どまって
Hypothetical conditional 留まれば どまれば

Verb

(とど)まる (todomaruintransitive godan (stem (とど)まり (todomari), past (とど)まった (todomatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 留める
mediopassive 留まる
  1. keep (to remain in, to be confined to)
  2. Alternative form of 止まる (todomaru)
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN