Keyword
hold in place
- detain
- fasten
- halt
- stop
- Frequency
- #731
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 5
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1527
Readings
リュウ74%
ル11%
と11%
とど5%
Mnemonic
In a rice field, the arm of a bodybuilder swings a katana in a slash left and right to hold in place the zombie horde while villagers flee.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
瑠marine blue瘤swelling溜accumulate遛take walk榴pomegranate鎦distill霤raindrops falling from the eaves籀a style of calligraphy餾steaming rice騮famous horse鰡type of fish
Used in vocabulary
留める
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; …
Ichidan verb
留める
to stop; to halt; to hold back; to cease; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin; to clip; to hold in place; …
Ichidan verb
留まる
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on
Godan verb
留守
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
Noun
書留
registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry
Noun
留まる
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
Godan verb
留め
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
Noun