足あし止どめ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay
I'm going to keep you here just a little longer.
2. being stranded; grounding
Looks like we're stuck here for today.
Kanji used
foot
stop
Pitch accent
あ
しどめ
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Composed of
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
-stopper (thing that halts or prevents something); -blocker; -preventer
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
Examples (8 in total)
I'm sorry for holding you up.
I keep getting held up.
Looks like we're stuck here for today.