noun, suffix

  1. (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke).
  2. remaining (e.g. poste-restante).
  3. forty-five degree angle.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
留め とめ
 
止め とめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

detain, fasten, halt
ル とめ と.める (5th, N3)
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM
う ボウ モウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)