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ひきとめる

引き止める

hikitomeru

less common

English

to hold back, restrain

नेपाली

रोक्नु / अड्याउनु

Examples

  1. 帰かえろうとする友達ともだちを引ひき止とめました。

    My friend was about to go home, but I got them to stay.

  2. 辞やめたいと言いう部下ぶかを、必死ひっしに引ひき止とめました。

    One of my staff said they wanted to quit, and I desperately tried to get them to stay.

  3. 本人ほんにんの意思いしが固かたい以上いじょう、引ひき止とめるわけにはいきません。

    Since their mind is made up, we can't hold them back.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

引 4 strokes
止 4 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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