留める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とど
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "留める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
留める どめ
Imperative (命令形) 留めろ どめ
Key constructions
Passive 留められる どめられ
Causative 留めさせる どめさせ
Potential 留められる どめられ
Volitional 留めよう どめよ
Negative 留めない どめない
Negative perfective 留めなかった どめなかった
Formal 留めます どめま
Perfective 留めた めた
Conjunctive 留めて めて
Hypothetical conditional 留めれば どめれば

Verb

(とど)める (todomerutransitive ichidan (stem (とど) (todome), past (とど)めた (todometa))

Japanese verb pair
active 留める
mediopassive 留まる
  1. hold, keep (to a limit), suffice
  2. retain, keep, remain
  3. detain, keep, retain

Conjugation