食い止める

くいとめる

to check, to hold back

足止めを食う

あしどめをくう

to be stranded, to be forced to stay, to be obliged to stay

止め

とどめ どめ とめ

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

飲食禁止

いんしょくきんし

no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.), no eating or drinking

錆止め

さびどめ

rust-proofing, anti-corrosive

車止め

くるまどめ

(railway) buffer stop, bumper, bumping post

止める

とめる やめる

to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit

汗止め

あせどめ あせとめ

an antisudorific (agent or material)

客止め

きゃくどめ

draw a full house

口止め

くちどめ

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

駅止め

えきどめ えきとめ

delivery of freight to a station

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

川止め

かわどめ

suspension of ferry service

色止め

いろどめ いろとめ

color fixing, colour fixing

血止め

ちどめ

styptic

鎌止め

かまどめ

cutting grass and trees is prohibited

歯止め

はどめ

brake, skid, pawl

目止め

めどめ

wood filling, filler, filling