His story was rambling, and I couldn't tell what he wanted to say.
We enjoyed a meandering, aimless conversation.
narrowly escape death; hang onto life · ascertain; make definite
Usually written in kana. The kanji forms 取り留め, 取留め, 取り止め, 取止め exist but are rare.
Rare kanji spelling.
Rare kanji spelling. The kana form is strongly preferred.
Rare kanji spelling.
Rare kanji spelling.
Derived from the verb 取り留める (to hold onto, to keep in place), with the nominalized form とりとめ originally meaning 'holding together' or 'coherence'. The exact historical development is uncertain.