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
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.