Lingaku思いとどまる【おもいとどまる】
Frequency rank: 20,705. – 20,792.
- to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 思いとどまる【おもいとどまる】Frequency rank: 20,705. – 20,792.
- 思い止まる【おもいとどまる】Frequency rank: 38,257. – 38,767.
- 思い止どまる【おもいとどまる】
- おもいとどまる
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
This phrase is used to express the act of reconsidering or stopping oneself from proceeding with a thought, intention, or action that one had previously decided upon.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おもいとどまる思いとどまることをきめる決めるto decide to desistおもいとどまる思いとどまるようにせっとく説得するto persuade to give upおもいとどまる思いとどまるしゅんかん瞬間the moment of hesitationおもいとどまる思いとどまるひつよう必要があるthere is a need to reconsiderおもいとどまる思いとどまるきっかけthe trigger to reconsiderおもいとどまる思いとどまるせんたく選択をするto make the choice to desistおもいとどまる思いとどまるかどうかまよう迷うto hesitate whether to give up or notおもいとどまる思いとどまることができたwas able to give up on itおもいとどまる思いとどまるしせい姿勢the attitude of reconsiderationおもいとどまる思いとどまるりゆう理由reasons for reconsidering
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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We must talk her out of this foolish plan.
She was discouraged from publishing her first novel.
They dissuaded her from cutting her long hair.
I discouraged my sister from going out with the leader of the pack.
My parents discouraged me from traveling alone.
Keiko's parents talked her out of dating him.
Fear of pollution discouraged people from building homes near power plants.
I discouraged him from going swimming as it was likely to rain.
Bad weather discouraged them from going on a picnic.