Keyword
hold in place
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig1527
Readings
(41%)
(18%)
とど
(10%)
(1%)
Composed of
slash left
arm of a bodybuilder
katana
rice field
Mnemonic

A bodybuilder holding a katana in the middle of a rice field. He's holding in place a horde of zombies slashing at them while his friends escape. What a hero.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
accumulate
marine blue
pomegranate
swelling
Used in vocabulary (289 in total)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to detain; to check; to restrain
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to catch one's attention
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
overseas student; exchange student
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
staying behind; remaining; residual
stationary point
during absence from home
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
staying; sojourn
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
answering machine; answerphone
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
to check; to stop; to keep back
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
(in) one's absence
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
answering machine; answer phone
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
distilled liquor; spirits
to escape death; to be saved from death
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
police cell; place of detention; jail
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
custody; detention; confinement
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
mooring; anchorage
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
pretending to be out
police cell; place of detention; jail
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage; custody
foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
study abroad destination
to remember; to keep in mind
coherence; order; focus; point
to take charge during someone's absence
reserving; withholding
studying abroad; studying overseas
to sew together
to fail to be attentive to
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
house where the family is out
to escape death; to be saved from death
stop (bus, streetcar, etc.)
registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record; writing down; noting down
residing (esp. abroad); staying; living
knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
internment; detainment; detention
dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
mooring; anchorage
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; being stranded; grounding; level dyeing
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
(in) one's absence
unattended (video, audio) recording
remaining in office; staying in office; remaining at one's post
(student) exchange; study abroad
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
residence; reside
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
releasing without indictment
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
to take charge during someone's absence
temporary residence; sojourn
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
status of residence; visa status; immigration status
foreign (exchange) student; international student
Japanese residents in another country; Japanese expatriates
accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)
hairpin; bobby pin
acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction
resident; residents
registered mail for the purpose of sending money
points to remember; things to keep in mind; notes
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
(of a company) internal reserves
heir's distributive share
yield; yield rate
student repeating the same class
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
temporary fastening; temporary fixing in place
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
population centre
general delivery; counter collection; poste restante
coherence; order; focus; point
detention; keeping; retaining; mail held at the post office
stopping at; going no further than
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
pesticide residue; agrochemical residues
retaining wall; sheathing
formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
cryptorchidism; undescended testicle
detention or internment camp
Immigration Services Agency (of Japan); Immigration Bureau of Japan
simplified registered mail; recorded delivery
residence card; resident card
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
registered mail; registered post
Japanese orphans left behind in China (after WWII); war-displaced Japanese in China
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; being stranded; grounding; level dyeing
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention
garters; suspenders
refinement (e.g. of alcohol); rectification
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
to hammer into place; to end (a performance); to kill; to slay
government-financed or sponsored foreign student
fragrant wood; wooden peg; toggle
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
studying at a language school near a station (instead of going abroad)
end; termination point
stopping at; going no further than
repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition
dry distillation
farewell to those staying behind
(permitted) period of stay (in a country); authorized length of stay; duration of stay
to inscribe one's name in history
restraining (someone); restraint
garters; suspenders
bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse
studying abroad in Japan; staying in Japan
one's temporary residence
detention pending trial
nonmigratory bird
fractional distillation; fractionation
to check; to stop; to keep back
to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
family members left at home
person interested in studying abroad; person wanting to study abroad
studying abroad at government expense
student studying abroad at government expense
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
French knot
temporary resident
reservation of Japanese nationality (procedure used with children born outside Japan)
striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan
Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers
one's own bath; (reusing) yesterday's bath water; monthly pass for a public bath
wheel stops; wedges; blocks; linchpin
preventing a ship from passing or from leaving port
stop peg; toggle; tack
triangular hairpin
mail held at the post office
distillation column; distilling column
continued fever; sustained fever
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
mail held at the post office
to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it
studying (temporarily) at another institution (in the same country as the institution one belongs to); studying or researching at an institution while still employed
utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them
formal, pastel-colored kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
tout; arbitrator (esp. in a play)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
fragrant wood; wooden peg; toggle
delayed miscarriage; silent miscarriage; missed abortion
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
mooring facilities; moorage; berthing facility; berth
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; (lit.) tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
endlessly; ceaselessly
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
endless; ceaseless
registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record; writing down; noting down
registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record; writing down; noting down
to hammer into place; to end (a performance); to kill; to slay
ruble (Russian currency); rouble
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order
yield; yield rate
yield; yield rate
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards
detention; keeping; retaining; mail held at the post office
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
rectifying tower; rectifying column
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
mail held at the post office
one's own bath; (reusing) yesterday's bath water; monthly pass for a public bath
ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
stop peg; toggle; tack
tout; arbitrator (esp. in a play)
fraction (e.g. in distillation); cut
delivery of freight to a station
charge for registered mail
mountain where logging is prohibited
music suspension
registered mail to addressee in person; PD PR
counter collection with advice; PD PR
jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement)
directly distilled; straight
fractionating column
cracking (in petroleum refining)
bath for one's exclusive use
bath for one's exclusive use
Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release (1952); Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)
cryptorchidism; undescended testicle
mitre (joint, in woodworking); miter
mental reservation; making a false declaration of intent
dye retarding agent; leveling agent
dye retarding agent; leveling agent
remaining in office
Examination for Japanese University Admission (for international students); EJU
Examination for Japanese University Admission (for international students); EJU
crude alcohol; roughly distilled alcohol
residence permit holder; legal foreign resident
Examples (200 in total)
Well, my family's away and I can't afford to do much.
We'll probably be away for a few days.
The last time I called him, he was out.