| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 足止め | あしどめ | preventing (someone) from leaving |
| 学生は構内に足止めされた［足止めを食った］ The students were ordered 「to stay on the campus [not to leave the campus]. 大雪のため列車内に５時間も足止めされた We were stranded [trapped] in the train for five hours by a heavy snowstorm. 濃霧で飛行機は（地上に）足止めされた The planes were grounded by dense fog. |