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とどまる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
留まる
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Reading : とどまる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be limited to; to be confined to  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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留まる is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,660,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3918
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Example sentences:
その
ばめん
場面
かれ
きおく
記憶
そこ
まっていた

The scene was embedded in his memory.
わたし
かず
まった

I didn't go but stayed.
かのじょ
彼女
ボタン
ひと
しっかり
まっていない
のに
つかなかった
She didn't notice one of her buttons unfastened.
止まる
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Reading : とどまる   
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 25,000 (about 25,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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とどまる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 71,000 (about 4,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5299
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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駐まる
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Reading : とどまる   
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 42,000 (about 12,700,000 results)
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停まる
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Reading : とどまる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,590,000 results)
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ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
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hare   う sign of the hare   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
high-priced, lofty   
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side open box
seal
デン   た rice field   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
チュウ    stop over   
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シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
テイ    halt   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
テイ    pavilion   
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cover; covered   
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
lid
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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