障

Meaning

障 centers on obstruction that causes difficulty or damage: hindering progress, causing hurt, or bringing harm. The meanings share the idea of something that blocks or interferes negatively.

• 障害しょうがい
  N3

  obstacle; impediment; hindrance; barrier; difficulty

• 故障こしょう
  N5

  fault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order

• 障りさわり

  hindrance; obstacle; impediment; inconvenience

• 支障ししょう

  obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

• 障壁しょうへき

  enclosing wall; boundary fence

• 目障りめざわり

  eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye

• 障子しょうじ
  N2

  shoji (paper sliding door)

• 障るさわる
  N1

  to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

• 耳障りみみざわり
  N1

  hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous

• 緑内障りょくないしょう

  glaucoma

• 気障きざ
  N1

  affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

• 当たり障りあたりさわり

  obstacle

• 白内障はくないしょう

  cataract

• 身障者しんしょうしゃ

  (physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability

• 差し障りさしさわり

  hindrance; obstacle; impediment; adverse effect

• 安全保障あんぜんほしょう

  (guarantee of) security

• 障害者しょうがいしゃ

  disabled person; person with a (physical or mental) disability

• 社会保障しゃかいほしょう

  social security

• 身体障害者しんたいしょうがいしゃ

  (physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability

• 精神障害せいしんしょうがい

  mental disorder; mental disability; mental illness

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