呼び止める (よびとめる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

呼び止める (よびとめる) means to call out / to stop someone.

See example sentences below.

呼び止める at a glance

呼び止める

よびとめるyobitomeru

N1verb

to call out / to stop someone

呼び止めるよびとめるyobitomeruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to call out / to stop someone

Example 1

走っている彼を呼び止めた。

Translation

I called out to stop him as he was running.

Example 2

店員が客を呼び止めた。

Translation

The clerk stopped the customer.