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Keyword

hold in place

Info

Frequency	Top 700-800
Type	Kyōiku (5th grade) ?
Kanken	Level 6
Heisig	1527
Readings	と (41%) りゅう (26%) る (19%) とど (10%) 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 (289 in total)

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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)

いやあ、家か族ぞくは留る守すだし、あんまりたいしたことは出で来きないのさ。

Well, my family's away and I can't afford to do much.

おそらくわれわれは数すう日じつ留る守すをするでしょう。

We'll probably be away for a few days.

この前まえに電でん話わしたときは彼かれは留る守すでした。

The last time I called him, he was out.