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