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要塞ようさいNounsfort; stronghold; fortification
閉塞へいそくCommon wordNounsblockage; obstruction; occlusion
梗塞こうそくCommon wordNounsblockage; stoppage; obstruction · infarction; infarct
堰くせくVerbsdam up; dam
心筋梗塞しんきんこうそくNounsmyocardial infarction; heart attack
塞ぐふさぐCommon wordN2Verbsblock up; plug; cover; close · obstruct; stand in the way; block the way · occupy; take up; fill up · fulfill a duty; perform one's role · feel depressed; be in low spirits; mope
城塞じょうさいNounsfortress; stronghold; citadel
塞がるふさがるCommon wordN2Verbsbe blocked; be clogged; be closed · be occupied; be taken
塞栓そくせんNounsembolus; abnormal circulating substance
腸閉塞ちょうへいそくNounsintestinal obstruction; ileus
塞がりふさがりNounsbeing closed; being blocked; being occupied; hindrance · unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō)
塞げるふさげるVerbsclose up; block up; fill; cover
人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうまExpressionslife is full of ups and downs; fortune is unpredictable
優婆塞うばそくNounsupasaka; male lay Buddhist follower
充塞じゅうそくNounsplug; fill up; be stopped up
ウィリス動脈輪閉塞症ウィリスどうみゃくりんへいそくしょうNounsocclusion in the circle of Willis
開いた口が塞がらぬあいたくちがふさがらぬExpressionsjaw-dropping; shocking; surprising
開いた口も塞がらぬあいたくちもふさがらぬExpressionsjaw-dropping; shocking; surprising
口塞ぎくちふさぎNounsgagging; silencing; hush money; tiny morsel
堅塞固塁けんさいこるいNounsimpregnable fortress; heavily guarded fort
堰塞えんそくNounsdamming; blocking up
場所塞ぎばしょふさぎNounsobstruction; space hog; something that takes up space
塞内さいないNounsinside a fort · within the Great Wall of China
塞外さいがいNounsoutside a fort; outside a fortress · outside the Great Wall of China
塞栓症そくせんしょうNounsembolism
塞源そくげんNounsblockage of a source; stopping the origin
塞翁が馬さいおうがうまExpressionsthe future is unpredictable; the irony of fate
山塞さんさいNounsmountain stronghold; bandit den · knock-off; counterfeit; shanzhai
急性心筋梗塞きゅうせいしんきんこうそくNounsacute myocardial infarction; AMI
慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患まんせいへいそくせいこきゅうきしっかんNounschronic obstructive respiratory disease
慢性閉塞性肺疾患まんせいへいそくせいはいしっかんNounschronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD
手が塞がるてがふさがるN2Expressionsbe busy; have one's hands full; be tied up
抜本塞源ばっぽんそくげんNounseradication of evil at its root; striking at the root of evil
方塞がりかたふたがりNounsunlucky direction (in Onmyōdō)
暗れ塞がるくれふたがるVerbsbe shrouded in darkness; become pitch-dark · fall into deep sadness; be overcome with despair
栓塞せんそくNounsembolus
ラクナ梗塞ラクナこうそくNounslacunar infarction
気道閉塞きどうへいそくNounsairway obstruction; respiratory obstruction
河道閉塞かどうへいそくNounsnatural damming of a river
活塞かっそくNounspiston