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立ち止まる (たちどまる): to stop, to halt, to stand still — Japanese vocabulary

立ち止まる is read たちどまる and means "to stop, to halt, to stand still". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

立ち止まる

Reading
たちどまる · tachidomaru
Translation
to stop, to halt, to stand still
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
たちどまるがたちどまるが

Example

彼は急に立ち止まってふり返った。

かれはきゅうにたちどまってふりかえった。

He stopped short and looked back.

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