歯止めがかかる

Japanese

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

Consisting of 歯止め +‎ +‎ かかる.

Verb

()()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