Japanese Words Containing 留

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
留守	るす	absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter	n4
留める	とどめる	to stop; to halt; to hold back; to cease	n2
留学	りゅうがく	studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)	n5
留まる	とまる	to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt	n2
留る	とまる	to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt	n5
留	ルーブル	ruble (currency of Russia); rouble
留守番	るすばん	care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home	n3
逗留	とうりゅう	stay; sojourn
留守居	るすい	house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
停留	ていりゅう	stop; halt
留学生	りゅうがくせい	overseas student; exchange student	n5
留置	りゅうち	detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage; custody
留め	とめ	(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	n3
滞留	たいりゅう	stagnation; standstill; accumulation; pile-up
引留める	ひきとめる	to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop	n2
留意	りゅうい	heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind	n1
停留所	ていりゅうじょ	stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place	n2
引き留める	ひきとめる	to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop	n2
保留	ほりゅう	reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding	n1
書き留める	かきとめる	to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle	n1
残留	ざんりゅう	staying behind; remaining; residual	n1
在留	ざいりゅう	residing (esp. abroad); staying; living
書留	かきとめ	registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record
取り留める	とりとめる	to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); to ascertain; to make definite
居留	きょりゅう	residence; reside
歌留多	カルタ	karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
拘留	こうりゅう	custody; detention; confinement	n3
留め置く	とめおく	to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain
遺留	いりゅう	leaving behind (after death); bequest; leaving behind; forgetting
抑留	よくりゅう	internment; detainment; detention
蒸留	じょうりゅう	distillation
取留め	とりとめ	coherence; order; focus; point
繋留	けいりゅう	mooring; anchorage
仕留める	しとめる	to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
寄留	きりゅう	temporary residence; sojourn
帯留	おびどめ	sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
留り	どまり	stopping at; going no further than
留保	りゅうほ	reserving; withholding
取留める	とりとめる	to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); to ascertain; to make definite
留金	とめがね	clasp; latch; catch; fastener
留針	とめばり	pin
留学先	りゅうがくさき	study abroad destination
抱き留める	だきとめる	to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
留任	りゅうにん	remaining in office; staying in office; remaining at one's post
書留める	かきとめる	to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle	n1
居留守	いるす	pretending to be out
留意点	りゅういてん	points to remember; things to keep in mind; notes
留別	りゅうべつ	farewell to those staying behind
停留場	ていりゅうじょう	stop (bus, streetcar, etc.)
歩留まり	ぶどまり	yield; yield rate
足留め	あしどめ	preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay	n1
居留民	きょりゅうみん	resident; residents
留袖	とめそで	formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
駐留	ちゅうりゅう	stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
留山	とめやま	mountain area where hunting and logging are prohibited
蒸留水	じょうりゅうすい	distilled water
蒸留酒	じょうりゅうしゅ	distilled liquor; spirits
遺留分	いりゅうぶん	heir's distributive share
貯留	ちょりゅう	accumulation (e.g. of water); retention; storage; collection
居留地	きょりゅうち	foreign settlement; concession; reservation (e.g. American Indian)
帯留め	おびどめ	sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
留守中	るすちゅう	during absence from home
書き留め	かきとめ	registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail); (putting on) record
勾留	こうりゅう	detention pending trial; confinement; custody	n3
留年	りゅうねん	repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
留桶	とめおけ	bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse
留置く	とめおく	to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain
久留米大	くるめだい	Kurume University (abbr)
留男	とめおとこ	tout; arbitrator (esp. in a play)
留守電	るすでん	answering machine; answerphone
慰留	いりゅう	dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
打留め	うちどめ	end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
蒸留所	じょうりゅうじょ	distillery
留鳥	りゅうちょう	nonmigratory bird	n1
留湯	とめゆ	one's own bath; (reusing) yesterday's bath water; monthly pass for a public bath
留め具	とめぐ	latch; clasp; catch; check
留置場	りゅうちじょう	police cell; place of detention; jail
蒸留器	じょうりゅうき	still
抱留める	だきとめる	to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
歌加留多	うたかるた	utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them
留具	とめぐ	latch; clasp; catch; check
局留め	きょくどめ	general delivery; counter collection; poste restante
留置き	とめおき	detention; keeping; retaining; mail held at the post office
遺留品	いりゅうひん	article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
久留米大学	くるめだいがく	Kurume University
都留文科大学	つるぶんかだいがく	Tsuru University
留出	りゅうしゅつ	distillation	n1
乾留	かんりゅう	dry distillation
保留地	ほりゅうち	reservation (e.g. American Indian); set-aside area
抑留者	よくりゅうしゃ	detainee
伊呂波歌留多	いろはカルタ	iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards
留主	るす	absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter	n4
留守ばん	るすばん	care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home	n3
立留る	たちどまる	to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause	n2
呼留める	よびとめる	to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)	n2
立留まる	たちどまる	to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause	n2
ひき留める	ひきとめる	to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop	n2
呼び留める	よびとめる	to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)	n2
立ち留まる	たちどまる	to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause	n2
足留	あしどめ	preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay	n1

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