貯ちょ留りゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

accumulation; retention; storage; collection; sequestration

Used for the act of holding or storing something, especially water, resources, or substances. Can be transitive (to accumulate something) or intransitive (to be accumulated). The sequestration sense is technical, often used in environmental contexts like carbon dioxide sequestration.

• ダムは雨う水すいを貯ちょ留りゅうする役やく割わりがある。

  Dams serve to accumulate rainwater.

• この装そう置ちは二に酸さん化か炭たん素そを貯ちょ留りゅうするために開かい発はつされた。

  This device was developed to sequester carbon dioxide.