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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

食くい止とめる

kuitomeru

to stop, to hold back

Example sentences

  1. 被害ひがいは最小限さいしょうげんに食くい止とめられた。

    The damage was held to a minimum.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 人類じんるいは生態系せいたいけいの衰退すいたいを食くい止とめることができるのでしょうか？

    Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 劣化れっかをいかに食くい止とめ、壁画へきがを後世こうせいに伝つたえていくかについては、発見当初はっけんとうしょからさまざまに検討けんとうされていた。

    Measures to prevent damage and pass the mural paintings to future generations have been discussed from different perspective since the discovery.

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

Kanji in 食止

  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
  • 止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・とどめる

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