Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to tie, to fasten, to hitch.
  2. to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.), to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.), to save (someone's life).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
繋ぎ止める つなぎとめる
 
 
 
 
 
つなぎ止める つなぎとめる
 
 
 
 
繋ぎとめる つなぎとめる
 
 
 
繋ぎ留める つなぎとめる
 
 
 
 
 
つなぎ留める つなぎとめる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tie, fasten, chain
つな.ぐ ケイ かか.る (Kentei Pre-1)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)