Compound verbs#13,444 most used

思いとどまる

おもいとどまる6

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to refrain from (doing); to give up

ITS KANJI

彼女かのじょは初はじめての小説しょうせつを出版しゅっぱんするのを思おもいとどまった。

She was discouraged from publishing her first novel.

私わたしの両親りょうしんは私わたしが一人ひとり旅たびするのを思おもいとどまらせた。

My parents discouraged me from traveling alone.

to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 思いとどまる this one meaning.

Kind複合動詞, compound verbs

Frequency#13,444 most used

Written思いとどまる、思い止まる、思い留まる

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium