Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
と > ど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
齒止めがかかる (kyūjitai)
歯止めが掛かる

Etymology

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Consisting of 歯止め +‎ +‎ かかる.

Verb

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()()めがかかる (hadome ga kakaruintransitive godan (stem ()()めがかかり (hadome ga kakari), past ()()めがかかった (hadome ga kakatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 歯止めをかける
mediopassive 歯止めがかかる
  1. (idiomatic) to be limited, to be restrained

Conjugation

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