Illustration: At the end of a school club meeting, students carry their bags through an open classroom door while one student remains seated beside a delicate model bridge. Their own bag rests unopened under the chair, and both hands lie calmly on the table near the model.

とどまる

todomaru

to stay, to remain

Example sentences

ここにとどまっていても何なんの得とくもない。
There is no advantage in staying here.
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彼女かのじょは独ひとりでここにとどまった。
She stayed here by herself.
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この辺あたりにとどまるな。
Don’t stay around here.
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