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引き留める is an exact match with one form of the following word:
引き止める
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Reading : ひきとめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to detain; to check; to restrain
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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引き止める is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 170,000 (about 442,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4464 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
わたし
うで
つかんで
かえ
する
めた

She caught me by the arm and stopped me from going home.
じょ
とも
だち
みんなしてあの
むすめ
めよ
したけれど
All the girls around her say she's got it coming.
わたし
かれ
めよ
した
かれ
わたし
おいて
ってしまった

I tried to stop him, but he left me behind.
引止める
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Reading : ひきとめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 59,400,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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引き留める
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Reading : ひきとめる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 203,000 (about 234,000 results)
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ひきとめる
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 166,000 (about 458,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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イン   ひ to pull   ひける to be over   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
stick   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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   
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