Dictionary / Vocabulary / 足止め
あしどめ
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay
common word Also written 足留め、足留
渋滞で３０分の足止めを食らっちゃって、それで到着が遅れたんだ。
We were held up for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.