引き止める (ひきとめる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

引き止める (ひきとめる) means to detain / to hold back / to stop.

See example sentences below.

引き止める at a glance

引き止める

ひきとめるhikitomeru

N2verb

to detain / to hold back / to stop

引き止めるひきとめるhikitomeruN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to detain / to hold back / to stop

Example 1

友だちが帰るのを引き止めた。

Translation

I stopped my friend from leaving.

Example 2

先生が生徒を教室に引き止めた。

Translation

The teacher held the student back in the classroom.