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Kotomora

取とり留とめる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

narrowly escape death; hang onto life

Used almost exclusively in the set phrase 一命を取り留める (to barely survive) or similar life-threatening contexts. The object is typically 命 (life) or 一命.

See also: 一命を取り留める

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

ascertain; make definite

archaic

Archaic usage; not used in modern Japanese. The meaning is to confirm or settle something, but this sense is obsolete.

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