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思いとどまる

思い止まる、 思い止どまる

Reading

Kana: おもいとどまる
Romaji: omoitodomaru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5r
vt
1

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

Kanji

Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: stop, halt

Example Sentences

怒鳴(どな)りつけたかったが(おも)いとどまった。
➥He was about to explode, but checked himself.
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(わたし)両親(りょうしん)(わたし)(いち)(にん)(たび)するのを(おも)いとどまらせた。
➥My parents discouraged me from traveling alone.
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(かれ)らは彼女(かのじょ)(なが)(かみ)()ることを(おも)いとどまらせた。
➥They dissuaded her from cutting her long hair.
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(わたし)彼女(かのじょ)にスキーを(おも)いとどまらせた。
➥I argued her out of going skiing.
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彼女(かのじょ)(はじ)めての小説(しょうせつ)出版(しゅっぱん)するのを(おも)いとどまった。
➥She was discouraged from publishing her first novel.
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悪天候(あくてんこう)のため(かれ)らはピクニックに()くのを(おも)いとどまった。
➥Bad weather discouraged them from going on a picnic.
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