Memory phrase for the Kanji: 留


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Meaning

detain, stop, remain, fasten

Pronunciation

RYŪ, RU
tomaru/meru

Explanation

Top: bend and sword , field

Mnemonic

The bent person with the sword, wants you from the field to be detained.

Radicals

rice field
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Vocabulary

 留める  とめる  to fasten, to turn off, to detain
 留まる  とまる  to be fixed, to stay (in the one place)
 留学生  りゅうがくせい  overseas student
 留守  るす  absence, being away from home
 書留  かきとめ  registered mail, writing down, making a note of
 停留所  ていりゅうじょ  bus or tram stop
 留まる  とどまる  to be fixed, to stay (in the one place)
 留守番  るすばん  care-taking, caretaker, house-watching

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