- とめおく
- [留め置く] **hold|他|…を保管する∥ hold the mails at a post office 郵便を郵便局に留め置く.留め置く
to detain
to keep
to lock up
to retain
to leave (letter) till called for* * *とめおく【留め置く】**hold|他|…を保管するhold the mails at a post office 郵便を郵便局に留め置く.
* * *とめおく【留め置く】1 〔人などを居残らせる〕 detain; keep in; lock up; retain.●生徒を留め置く keep [detain] a student after school (is over)
・〔学校で〕 留め置かれる be kept in; be kept after school.
2 〔郵便物などを〕 leave until called for.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.