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Keyword

hold in place

Info

Frequency	Top 700-800
Type	Kyōiku (5th grade) ?
Kanken	Level 6
Heisig	1527
Readings	と (42%) りゅう (26%) る (17%) とど (11%) ど (1%)
	とめとまどめどま

Composed of

slash left

arm of a bodybuilder

katana

rice field

Mnemonic

A bodybuilder holding a katana in the middle of a rice field. He's holding in place a horde of zombies slashing at them while his friends escape. What a hero.

Used in kanji (6 in total)

accumulate

marine blue

pomegranate

swelling

Used in vocabulary (335 in total)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

Examples (200 in total)

お留る守すだったでしょ。

You were away, weren't you?

ただいま留る守すにしております。

I'm not at home at the moment.

たった一ひと晩ばんだけだが家いえを留る守すにしないといけなかった。

It was only for one night, but I had to be away from home.