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思いとどまる[おもいとどまる] (omoitodomaru)

abandon; refrain from

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Meaning

思いとどまる (おもいとどまる, omoitodomaru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “abandon; refrain from”.

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Example sentences 11

どうか思おもいとどまってください

Please give it up.

私わたしは彼女かのじょにスキーを思おもいとどまらせた。

I argued her out of going skiing.

怒鳴どなりつけたかったが思おもいとどまった。

He was about to explode, but checked himself.

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.

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