Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese community playroom, a long winding line of dominoes is toppling toward an elaborate toy town. A volunteer has thrust a small wooden block across the line just in time.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

歯は止どめ

hadome

restraint, check

Often used in 歯止めをかける, meaning to put a stop to something. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 下院議員かいんぎいんは支出ししゅつに歯止はどめをかけると言いいました。

    The Representative said he will put a brake on spending.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日米にちべいの金利差きんりさが大おおき過すぎるので、円安えんやすに歯止はどめをかけるには、日銀にちぎんが政策金利せいさくきんりを 3パーセントまで上あげる必要性ひつようせいが指摘してきされている。

    The interest rate gap between Japan and the U.S. is too wide, and it has been pointed out that the Bank of Japan needs to raise its policy interest rate to 3 percent in order to halt the yen’s decline.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 重盛しげもりの死しは、清盛きよもりと後白河法皇ごしらかわほうおうの対立たいりつを抑おさえていた最後さいごの歯止はどめが失うしなわれたことを意味いみし、両者りょうしゃの同盟関係どうめいかんけいを完全かんぜんに崩壊ほうかいさせることになった。

    The death of Shigemori meant the loss of the last defense against a conflict between Kiyomori and the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, and as a result, the alliance between them completely fell apart.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 歯止

  • 歯tooth; cogOnシKunよわい・は・よわい
  • 止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・とどめる

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