Keyword
blockage
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1646
Readings
ふさ
(57%)
さい
(30%)
ふた
(7%)
そく
(4%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
tall fence made of sticks
short legs
earth
Used in vocabulary (93 in total)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
fort; stronghold; fortification
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to stop (plug) one's ears
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
fortress; stronghold; citadel
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
heart attack; myocardial infarction
to fill a hole with earth
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
fortifying; fortification
fortified city; bastide
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
being trapped (and having no way out); withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship; house arrest (Edo period)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
intestinal obstruction; ileus
the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate
to feel depressed
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover
stoppage; blocking; infarction; infarct
upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
mountain stronghold; den of mountain bandits
to feel blue; to feel depressed
embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood
fort; defensive position
sea fort; island fort
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to dam up (a stream); to dam
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
impregnable fortress; heavily guarded fort
airway obstruction; respiratory obstruction
blocked state; closed state
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
prohibition of speaking; imposition of silence; tiny morsel
pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism
frontier fort; remote area; frontier
case of the blues
cerebral embolism
good-for-nothing; deadweight; parasite; waste of space
outside a fort; outside the Great Wall of China
plug; full up; being filled; stopped up
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
inside a fort; (area) within the Great Wall of China
good-for-nothing; deadweight; parasite; waste of space
good-for-nothing; deadweight; parasite; waste of space
to be shrouded by darkness; to fall into deep sadness or despair
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
stoppage; blocking; infarction; infarct
blockage of a source
unable to fight back tears
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil
lacunar infarction
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
nasal obstruction
damming (e.g. a pond)
damming (e.g. a pond)
natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
closing of the winter hearth
Examples (21 in total)
A laugh slipped out, and I covered my mouth.
You look so down. What's wrong?
I hastily cover my mouth.