noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
Literary word for a state of being cut off or estranged, often between people or groups. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'become estranged' or 'cause estrangement'.
長年の確執が二人の間に阻隔を生んだ。
Years of discord created an estrangement between the two.
その事件をきっかけに、彼らは阻隔してしまった。
After that incident, they became estranged.