Itomeru

射止める (Itomeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to shoot dead, to bring down (an animal), to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.), to gain”.

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get; to make one's own

Examples

  • He will have no chance of winning her heart.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 射止める

shootstop

Related words

to stopto stop (an activity)to stopto shoot (a gun, person, etc.)to stop (moving)to remainprohibitionto stop (doing)interruptionto catchstoppageto cease