Last Updated:2025/11/20

(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. / (transitive) To put under custody. / (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.

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Verb
transitive
Japanese Meaning
拘留する(人を監禁または留置する) / 引き止める(進行を妨げるために停止させる) / 保持する、差し控える(対象の進行や移動を意図的に制限する)
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警官は増援が到着するまでその容疑者を拘留することに決めた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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