留め置く

とめおく

to detain, to keep, to lock up, to retain, to leave (letter) till called for

留置

りゅうち

detention (usu. during investigation), imprisonment, poundage, custody

留置場

りゅうちじょう

police cell, place of detention

留置権

lien; right of retention

留置所

りゅうちじょ

jail, gaol

留め

とめ

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)

書き留める

かきとめる かきとどめる

to write down, to leave a note behind, to record, to chronicle

留置郵便

とめおきゆうびん

mail held at the post office

原級留置

げんきゅうりゅうち

repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition

被留置者

ひりゅうちしゃ

detainee

鑑定留置

かんていりゅうち

confinement for psychiatric tests; detention pending expert evaluation

停留措置

ていりゅうそち

involuntary confinement (of a person suspected of being infected, etc.); detention

留め湯

とめゆ

one's own bath

仮留め

かりどめ

temporary fastening, temporary fixing in place

船留め

ふなどめ

preventing a ship from passing or from leaving port

留め山

とめやま

mountain where logging is prohibited

留め役

とめやく

arbitrator

留め金

とめがね とめきん

clasp, snap fastener

留め具

とめぐ

latch, clasp, catch, check, fastener