留まる – Vocabulary details

留とまる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to stop (moving); to come to a stop

ちょっと止とまってください。Please stop for a moment.

2. to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended

興こう奮ふんが止とまらない。The excitement won't stop.

3. to alight; to perch on

hold in place

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まる

to catch one's attention

to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

でも、触ふれようとした手てが途と中ちゅうで留とまり、引ひっ込こむ。

But the hand that was about to touch me stops halfway and draws back.

恋こいに落おちるのの方ほうが恋こいに留とまるよりも簡かん単たんです。

It's a lot easier to fall in love than to stay in love.

行いくべきか、留とまるべきかという問もん題だいが次つぎにやってくる。

The question whether we should go or stay comes next.

トムに留とまってもらうように説せっ得とくする方ほう法ほうを見みつけ出だせたらいいのだけど。

I wish I could figure out how to convince Tom to stay.

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