よびとめる – Vocabulary details

よびとめる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

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call; invitation

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

警けい察さつ官かんが私わたしをよびとめた時とき、時じ速そく１２０キロで走はしっていた。

I was driving at 120 kilometers per hour when the police stopped me.

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