歯止めをかける

はどめをかける

to curb, to halt, to apply brakes, to put an end to

歯止めがかからない

はどめがかからない

unstoppable (of something bad)

止め

とどめ どめ とめ

(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)

歯固め

はがため はかため

tooth hardening toy (for infants), teether, teething ring

咳止め

せきどめ せきとめ

cough medicine, cough syrup, cough lozenge

駅止め

えきどめ えきとめ

delivery of freight to a station

色止め

いろどめ いろとめ

color fixing, colour fixing

鎌止め

かまどめ

cutting grass and trees is prohibited

客止め

きゃくどめ

draw a full house

寸止め

すんどめ すんとめ

stopping just before

川止め

かわどめ

suspension of ferry service

車止め

くるまどめ

(railway) buffer stop, bumper, bumping post

帯止め

おびどめ おびとめ

sash clip (fastener), ornament worn over an obi

船止め

embargo (on a ship); arrest (of a ship); preventing a ship from passing or leaving a port

汗止め

あせどめ あせとめ

an antisudorific (agent or material)

血止め

ちどめ

styptic

口止め

くちどめ

forbidding to speak, muzzling (a person), bribing into secrecy

止め椀

とめわん

soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner, last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup)

札止め

ふだどめ

full house, sold out