せきとめる

Japanese
Alternative spellings
堰き止める
塞き止める
せき止める

Etymology

From 堰(せ)き (seki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 堰(せ)く (seku).”) + 止(と)める (tomeru).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せきとめ​る [sèkítóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) せきとめる [sèkítómérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞kʲito̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

せきとめる • (sekitomeru) ichidan (stem せきとめ (sekitome), past せきとめた (sekitometa))

  1. to stop/hold back the flow of rivers, etc.
  2. to halt progress

Conjugation
Conjugation of "せきとめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せきとめ sekitome
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せきとめ sekitome
Shūshikei ("terminal") せきとめる sekitomeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せきとめる sekitomeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せきとめれ sekitomere
Meireikei ("imperative") せきとめよ¹
せきとめろ²		 sekitomeyo¹
sekitomero²
Key constructions
Passive せきとめられる sekitomerareru
Causative せきとめさせる
せきとめさす		 sekitomesaseru
sekitomesasu
Potential せきとめられる
せきとめれる³		 sekitomerareru
sekitomereru³
Volitional せきとめよう sekitomeyō
Negative せきとめない
せきとめぬ
せきとめん		 sekitomenai
sekitomenu
sekitomen
Negative continuative せきとめず sekitomezu
Formal せきとめます sekitomemasu
Perfective せきとめた sekitometa
Conjunctive せきとめて sekitomete
Hypothetical conditional せきとめれば sekitomereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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