止め
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
2. remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
Other spellings
留め
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
とめ
Used in vocabulary
歯止め
brake; drag; skid; pawl; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint; (imposed) limit
Noun
滑り止め
non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; anti-skid; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice; contingency option
Noun
足止め
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay; being stranded; grounding
Noun
口止め
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; muzzling (someone); gagging; hushing up; hush money
Noun
車止め
wheel stop; parking block; parking curb; buffer stop; bumper; bumping post; stopblock; (wheel) chock; bollard (for preventing vehicle access); barrier
Noun
Examples2
例えば、
For example, Pepperberg would show Alex an object, such as a green wooden peg or a red paper triangle.
枝葉末節
Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?