表層形
引止める
ヒキトメル
動詞
引止める (ヒキトメル)
Hikitomeru · ひきとめる — to detain, to check, to restrain, to stop
Other ways to say “to detain” in Japanese →
引止める in rōmaji: hikitomeru.
動詞
一般
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📝 引き止める 🔤 下一段-マ行 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月7日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
引止める
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
引き止める
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| 読み (Reading) |
ヒキトメル
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-マ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
引止める
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| 読み・基本形 |
ヒキトメル
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| 表記・基本形 |
引止める
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| 見出し語の読み |
ヒキトメル
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How it's used
Used in written or formal contexts to describe stopping someone from leaving or holding them back, often with emotional or persuasive effort.
⚖️ Commonly confused with '止める' (tomeru) meaning to stop something, while '引止める' specifically implies detaining a person and is more emotional.
💡 English Meaning
引止める means “to detain, to check, to restrain, to stop” — full definition & examples →
⭐ Dictionary Form
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Reading & Info
ヒキトメル
Lemma: 引き止める
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
引き止めます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
引き止めて
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| 過去形 (Past) |
引き止めた
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
引き止めない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
引き止めましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
引き止められる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
引き止められる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
引き止めさせる
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Did you know · 動詞
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The surface form (引止める) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (引き止める) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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