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とまる

止まる

N4

to come to a halt

tomaru

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JLPT
N4
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#8,485

Meanings

  1. 1
    to stop (moving); to come to a stopu-verb (る)intransitive
  2. 2
    to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to ceaseu-verb (る)intransitive
  3. 3
    to alight; to perch onu-verb (る)intransitive

JMdict 1310620

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
止まりますとまります
とまります
Polite Past (~mashita)
止まりましたとまりました
とまりました
Polite Negative (~masen)
止まりませんとまりません
とまりません
Plain Negative (~nai)
止まらないとまらない
とまらない
Te-form (Connecting)
止まってとまって
とまって
Plain Past (~ta)
止まったとまった
とまった
Potential (Can do)
止まれるとまれる
とまれる

In a sentence

そして、電車(でんしゃ)はキーッという音(おと)を立て(たて)て止まっ(とまっ)た。

Then, the train screeched to a halt.

Written with

  • 止stop4 strokes

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