Illustration: In an apartment genkan, a visitor has put on both shoes and opened the front door, with a shoulder bag ready for departure. A small child behind them grips the visitor's sleeve with both hands and leans backward, gently stopping their next step.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

引ひき止とめる

hikitomeru

to stop someone from leaving

Example sentences

引ひき止とめても無駄むだだ。
It’s no use holding me back.
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彼女かのじょは私わたしの腕うでをつかんで、帰かえろうとするのを引ひき止とめた。
She caught me by the arm and stopped me from going home.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
上司じょうしは、私わたしを３０分以上ふんいじょうも引ひき留とめた。
My boss detained me more than 30 minutes.
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Kanji in 引止

引pullOnインKunひく・ひける
止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・とどめる

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