Kanji: 止まりそう
Hiragana: とまりそう
Katakana: トマリソウ

Romaji: tomarisō
English Meaning: almost stopping, to be likely to stop

Example Sentences:

彼女がウインクした時、彼は心臓が止まりそうになった。
kanojo ga uinku shita toki, kare wa shinzō ga tomarisō ni natta.
His heart almost stopped beating when she winked at him.
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Related Words:

|まる
Standard
|まる
|マル

tomaru

to stop, to halt, to come to a stop

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そう
Standard
ソウ



to seem (to be), to appear (to be), to be likely to

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