手て枷かせ足あし枷かせ

noun

manacles; shackles; fetters

A yojijukugo literally meaning 'hand shackles, foot shackles'; used for physical restraints that bind both hands and feet, and figuratively for anything that severely restricts freedom.

• 囚しゅう人じんは手て枷かせ足あし枷かせをはめられて護ご送そうされた。

  The prisoner was transported in manacles and fetters.

• 古ふるい慣かん習しゅうが手て枷かせ足あし枷かせになって改かい革かくが進すすまない。

  Old customs have become shackles, preventing reform from moving forward.