Keyword
blockage
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1646
Readings
ふさ
(56%)
さい
(31%)
ふた
(7%)
そく
(4%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
tall fence made of sticks
short legs
earth
Used in vocabulary (74 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
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
to fill a hole with earth
heart attack; myocardial infarction
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
fortifying; fortification
being blocked (and contained); reduced circumstances
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
fortified city; bastide
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)
the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate
intestinal obstruction
to feel depressed
to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover
upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
stoppage; tightness; block; infarction (e.g. cardiac)
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
mountain stronghold; shanzhai; counterfeit goods (esp. Chinese)
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 dam (up) (stream)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
impregnable fortress; heavily guarded fort
blocked state; closed state
pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism
frontier fort; remote area; frontier
prohibition of speaking; imposition of silence; tiny morsel
cerebral embolism
plug; full up; being filled; stopped up
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
to be shrouded by darkness; to fall into deep sadness or despair
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
closing of the winter hearth
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.)
Examples (11 in total)
The fortress was in the enemy's hands.
After the storm, the road was blocked with fallen trees.
It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.