塞

Meaning

塞 centers on blocking passage or access: closing, shutting, covering, or obstructing so that nothing can get through.

• 要塞ようさい

  fort; stronghold; fortification

• 閉塞へいそく

  blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion

• 梗塞こうそく

  stoppage; blocking

• 塞くせく

  to dam up (a stream); to dam

• 心筋梗塞しんきんこうそく

  heart attack; myocardial infarction

• 塞ぐふさぐ
  N2

  to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth)

• 城塞じょうさい

  fortress; stronghold; citadel

• 塞がるふさがる
  N2

  to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up

• 塞栓そくせん

  embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood

• 腸閉塞ちょうへいそく

  intestinal obstruction; ileus

• 塞がりふさがり

  being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance

• 塞げるふさげる

  to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover

• 脳梗塞のうこうそく

  cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke

• 手が塞がるてがふさがる
  N2

  to be busy; to be tied up doing something

• 耳を塞ぐみみをふさぐ
  N1

  to stop (plug) one's ears

• あいた口が塞がらぬあいたくちがふさがらぬ

  surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping

• あいた口も塞がらぬあいたくちもふさがらぬ

  surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping

• 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

  occlusion in the circle of Willis

• ラクナ梗塞ラクナこうそく

  lacunar infarction

• 人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうま

  inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable

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