Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.), to kill, to shoot dead, to shoot down.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
仕留める しとめる
 
 
為留める しとめる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

attend, doing, official
シ つか.える (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
detain, fasten, halt
ル とめ と.める (5th, N3)
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM
う ボウ モウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)