止とめ立だて

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

The act of physically or verbally stopping someone from doing something, often with insistence. Can be used as a noun or with する.

彼かれは止とめ立だてを振ふり切きって家いえを出でた。
He shook off the restraint and left the house.

母ははは私わたしが留りゅう学がくするのを止とめ立だてした。

My mother tried to stop me from studying abroad.

Written forms

止とめ立だて
Standard kanji spelling.
止とめだてUsage75%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still seen.
とめだてUsage25%
留とめ立だて
Variant using 留; less frequent than 止め立て.

Kanji

止stop, halt
立stand up, rise, set up
留detain, fasten, halt

Similar words

制せい止し
制止 is a more formal term for stopping or restraining someone, often used in official or serious contexts, while 止め立て implies a more personal, sometimes emotional, attempt to hold someone back.
引ひき止とめる
引き止める focuses on physically or verbally detaining someone who is about to leave, whereas 止め立て emphasizes the act of restraining or dissuading from an action more broadly.

Etymology

Compound of 止め (tome, 'stopping') + 立て (date, suffix indicating an action done forcefully or repeatedly). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with the idea of persistently trying to stop someone.