足止め – Vocabulary details

足あし止どめ

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay

もう少すこしだけ、足あし止どめさせてもらうよ。I'm going to keep you here just a little longer.

2. being stranded; grounding

今日きょうはここで足あし止どめだな。Looks like we're stuck here for today.

Alt. forms

足あし止どめ

98%

足あし留どめ

Kanji used

足

foot

止

stop

Pitch accent

あ

しどめ

Conjugations...Used in: 1804

Composed of

足あし

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation

止どめ

-stopper (thing that halts or prevents something); -blocker; -preventer

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

足あし止どめを食くう

to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

足あし止どめをくう

to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

Examples (8 in total)

足あし止どめしちゃってごめんなさいね。

I'm sorry for holding you up.

足あし止どめを食くらってばかりだ。

I keep getting held up.

今日きょうはここで足あし止どめだな。

Looks like we're stuck here for today.

それで足あし止どめをくらってたのか。

So that's why you were held up.

台たい風ふうで空くう港こうに足あし止どめされた。

We were stranded at the airport because of the typhoon.

もう少すこしだけ、足あし止どめさせてもらうよ。

I'm going to keep you here just a little longer.

相あい手ての戦せん力りょくの大だい部ぶ分ぶんを足あし止どめする。

To hold up the majority of the opponent's combat power.

僕ぼくでも足あし止どめぐらいならできるはずだ。

Even I should be able to at least hold them off.