-stopper; -blocker; -preventer
Productive suffix that attaches to nouns to form compounds meaning 'something that stops or prevents that thing'. Common in everyday words like 下痢止め (anti-diarrheal) and 滑り止め (anti-slip).
この薬は下痢止めです。
This medicine is an anti-diarrheal.
階段に滑り止めを付けた。
I put anti-slip tape on the stairs.
This medicine is used as a cough suppressant.
road closure; traffic suspension · Road Closed; No Through Road
stopping someone from leaving; holding someone back; detention · being stranded; being stuck; grounding · level dyeing
brake; drag; skid; pawl · brake; check; restraint; limit
gagging; silencing; hushing up · hush money
end; closing; finish · closing a pachinko machine
wheel stop; parking block; parking curb · buffer stop; bumper; bumping post · wheel chock · bollard; vehicle barrier
cough medicine; cough syrup; cough lozenge
retaining wall; sheathing
temporary fastening; tacking; provisional fixing
full house; sold out; no more customers accepted
stopping just before; pulling a punch
suspension of ferry service; river crossing closure
obi clip; sash fastener; ornamental obi accessory
full house; sold out · putting up a sign forbidding entry; posting a no-entry notice
sweat absorption; sweat gear · sweat prevention; antiperspirant
wood filler; filling material · sealing pottery with rice water
embargo on a ship; arrest of a ship; preventing a ship from passing or leaving a port
color fixing; dye fixing
Derived from the verb 止める (とめる, 'to stop'), with the reading どめ from rendaku (sequential voicing).