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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

731 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: detain, fasten, halt, stop

Kunyomi: と.める, と.まる, とど.める, とど.まる, るうぶる

Onyomi: リュウ, ル

Composition: 卯 田

留

Radical

Radical: 田

Reading: た

Meaning: field

Strokes: 5

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Examples

Examples with audio

留学する(りゅうがくする)   study abroad

留年する(りゅうねんする)   repeat the same grade (school)

保留する(ほりゅうする)   put on hold

留学生(りゅうがくせい)   overseas student

停留所(ていりゅうじょ)   bus stop

留守(るす)   being away from home [n.]

留守番(るすばん)   house-watching

留守番電話(るすばんでんわ)   answering machine

留める(とめる)   fasten [v.t.]

留まる(とまる)   remain, come to a halt [v.i.]

留める(とどめる)   hold, detain [v.t.]

留まる(とどまる)   stay (in the one place) [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

留 (リュウ) stationary point

留学 (リュウガク) studying abroad, (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)

駐留 (チュウリュウ) stationing (e.g. of troops), garrison

在留 (ザイリュウ) residing (esp. abroad), staying, living

留 (ルーブル) ruble (Russian currency), rouble

留守番 (ルスバン) care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching, staying at home, caretaker, house-sitter

柳樽 (ヤナギダル) lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)

柳多留 (ヤナギダル) The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr), Haifu Yanagidaru

Kunyomi Examples

止める (とめる) 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, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody

止まる (とまる) 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

留める (とどめる) to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain

止まる (とどまる) to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place), to be limited to, to be confined to, to only account for

とどまるところを知らない (とどまるところをしらない) knowing no bounds, showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

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