引き止める (ひきとめる): to keep back, to prevent, to hold back — Japanese vocabulary
引き止める is read ひきとめる and means "to keep back, to prevent, to hold back". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
引き止める
- Reading
- ひきとめる · hikitomeru
- Translation
- to keep back, to prevent, to hold back
- Level
- JLPT N2
- Pitch accent
- ひきとめるが
Example
引き止めても無駄だ。
ひきとめてもむだだ。
It's no use holding me back.
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