Vocab Info
N2 る-Verb
留める
to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
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Word Type
る-Verb
単語の書類
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Examples
落第の点数をとった生徒を原級に留める。
ChatGPT: Keep the student who got a failing grade in the same grade.
- N2
モデルは常にその美貌を留めようとしています。
ChatGPT: The model is always trying to maintain her beauty.
- N2
家族を地元に留めて上京しているので、寂しいです。
ChatGPT: Since I have left my family in my hometown and moved to Tokyo, I feel lonely.
- N2
戦争の跡を留めている地方を見るものには辛いものがあります。
ChatGPT: There is something painful for those who see regions that retain the scars of war.
- N2
祖父のアドバイスを胸に留めている限り、この人生は上手くいくだろう。
ChatGPT: As long as I keep my grandfather's advice in my heart, life will probably go well.
- N2
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