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押しとどめる (おしとどめる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
check ; stop ; hold back
To physically or forcefully restrain someone or something from moving forward, acting, or proceeding. Often used when stopping a person's action, an advance, or an impulse.
警けい 官かん は 群ぐん 衆しゅう を 押お しとどめ て 、 現げん 場ば に 入い れ ない よう に し た 。
The police officer held back the crowd to keep them from entering the scene.
Written forms 押お しとどめる Usage 55%
Standard spelling with とどめる in kana; the most common written form.
押し止める Usage 23% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
おしとどめる Usage 15%
押し留める Usage 7% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
押止める
irregular okurigana
押留める
irregular okurigana
おしとめる
Similar words 止と める 止める is a general verb for stopping something; 押しとどめる adds the nuance of physically restraining or forcefully holding back, often against resistance.
抑おさ える 抑える means to suppress or control (emotions, urges, etc.), while 押しとどめる is more about physically stopping movement or action.
Etymology Compound of 押し (push, press) + とどめる (stop, hold back). The verb とどめる itself derives from classical Japanese とどむ, meaning to stop or detain.
