足あし止どめ

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足止めする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	足あし止どめする	足あし止どめしない
Polite	足あし止どめします	足あし止どめしません
Past polite	足あし止どめしました	足あし止どめしませんでした
Past	足あし止どめした	足あし止どめしなかった
Te-form	足あし止どめして	足あし止どめしないで
Desire	足あし止どめしたい	足あし止どめしたくない
Potential	足あし止どめできる	足あし止どめできない
Passive	足あし止どめされる	足あし止どめされない
Causative	足あし止どめさせる	足あし止どめさせない
Causative passive	足あし止どめさせられる	足あし止どめさせられない
Volitional	足あし止どめしよう
Polite volitional	足あし止どめしましょう
Imperative	足あし止どめしろ	足あし止どめするな
Conditional	足あし止どめすれば	足あし止どめしなければ
Tara conditional	足あし止どめしたら	足あし止どめしなかったら

Meanings

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

stopping someone from leaving; holding someone back; detention

Active use: someone or something keeps a person from going on or leaving. It can be physical, official, conversational, or an inducement to stay, and is often used as 足止めする or 足止めされる.

警けい備び員いんが入いり口ぐちで報ほう道どう陣じんを足あし止どめした。
The guards held the reporters back at the entrance.
友ゆう人じんの長なが話ばなしに足あし止どめされて、電でん車しゃに乗のり遅おくれた。
I was held up by my friend's long talk and missed the train.

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

being stranded; being stuck; grounding

Used when weather, transport trouble, inspections, or similar circumstances leave people or vehicles unable to move. The passive 足止めされる and the phrase 足止めを食う are common.

大おお雪ゆきで乗じょう客きゃくが空くう港こうに足あし止どめされた。
Passengers were stranded at the airport by heavy snow.
台たい風ふうの影えい響きょうでフェリーが港みなとに足あし止どめされた。
The ferry was stuck in port because of the typhoon.

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

level dyeing

Only when written 足留め / 足留

Technical dyeing term, restricted to the rare spellings 足留め and 足留. This is not the ordinary meaning of detaining or being stranded.

染せん色しょくの用よう語ごで「足あし留どめ」は布ぬのを均きん一いつに染そめることを指さす。
In dyeing terminology, 足留め refers to dyeing fabric evenly.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を足あし止どめするto hold someone back / keep someone from leaving
警けい察さつは目もく撃げき者しゃを足あし止どめして事じ情じょうを聞きいた。
The police held the witness back to ask about the situation.
〈場ば所しょ〉で足あし止どめされるto be stranded/held up at a place
大おお雪ゆきで駅えきで足あし止どめされた。
We were stranded at the station because of heavy snow.
〈時とき〉足あし止どめされるto be held up for a certain amount of time
空くう港こうで三さん時じ間かんも足あし止どめされた。
We were held up at the airport for three hours.
足あし止どめが続つづくfor the stranding/detention to continue
台たい風ふうの影えい響きょうで足あし止どめが続つづいている。
The stranding continues due to the effects of the typhoon.

Expressions

足あし止どめを食くうbe stranded; be forced to stay

Kanji

足leg, foot, be sufficient
止stop, halt
留detain, fasten, halt

Related words

引ひき止とめるN2sense 1
引き止める is a direct, interpersonal act of persuading someone not to leave, while 足止め can describe any situation—physical, official, or circumstantial—that keeps someone from moving on.
拘こう束そくN1sense 1
拘束 is a formal or legal term for physical restraint or detention, whereas 足止め is often lighter, simply meaning someone is delayed or stranded.
立たち往おう生じょうN1sense 2
立ち往生 stresses being stuck and unable to proceed, while 足止め can also refer to the act or cause that stops someone from moving.

Opposites

解かい放ほうN2sense 1
解放 means to free or release someone, the opposite of 足止め, which means to hold or stop them from leaving.

Don't confuse with

足あし踏ぶみN1sense 2
足踏み means marking time or making no progress (often figuratively), while 足止め means being physically or circumstantially prevented from leaving; both share 足 but describe different situations.

Built from

足あし+止とめる

Written forms

足あし止どめUsage94%
Standard spelling for the ordinary meanings of stopping, holding up, or being stranded.
足あし留どめUsage6%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; also the spelling used for the technical dyeing sense.
足あし留どめ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare okurigana-less kanji form; mainly useful for recognizing or searching uncommon written usage.

Etymology

A compound of 足, here suggesting one's feet or movement, and 止め, stopping. The rare spelling 足留め uses 留め with a similar sense of holding or keeping in place.