くいとめる
Kuitomeru
Other forms: くい止める、食いとめる、喰い止める、食止める、喰いとめる、喰止める
食い止める (Kuitomeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to check, to hold back, to keep at bay, to stop”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
Examples
被害は最小限に食い止められた。
The damage was held to a minimum.
漏えいはすぐに食いとめる必要がある。
The leak needs to be stopped immediately.
我々は病気の伝染をくいとめなければならない。
We should check the spread of the disease.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).