立ちはだかる – Vocabulary details

立たちはだかる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way

その前まえへ両りょう手てを広ひろげて立たちはだかった。I spread my arms and stood in front of it, blocking the way.

2. to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

いろいろと困こん難なんな問もん題だいが立たちはだかっていましてね。You see, all sorts of difficult problems are standing in our way.

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departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open; to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way

いろいろと困こん難なんな問もん題だいが立たちはだかっていましてね。

You see, all sorts of difficult problems are standing in our way.

しかしここで大おおきな問もん題だいが立たちはだかる。

But here a major problem stands in the way.

その前まえへ両りょう手てを広ひろげて立たちはだかった。

I spread my arms and stood in front of it, blocking the way.

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