Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 留, 止, 駐(Japanese Kanji) とどむ(Japanese Hiragana) トドム(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. [to̞.do̞.mɯ̟ᵝ] [key·simplify] Meaning & History From classical verb 留む/止む/駐む (todomu), modern todomeru, meaning "to stop, cease; to contain, limit."