足あしかせ

noun

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden; trap

Literally, a device that restrains the feet; figuratively, anything that restricts freedom or progress, such as an obligation, debt, or oppressive rule.

• 囚しゅう人じんは足あしかせをはめられていた。

  The prisoner was put in fetters.

• 借しゃっ金きんが彼かれの人じん生せいの足あしかせになっている。

  Debt has become a shackle on his life.