充じゅう塞そく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

plug; fill up; be stopped up

Rare, formal word for filling or blocking a space completely. Often replaced by 塞ぐ (ふさぐ) or 詰まる (つまる) in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、穴あなを充じゅう塞そくするという表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, the expression 'to plug a hole' can be found.

• 管くだが充じゅう塞そくして水みずが流ながれなくなった。

  The pipe became stopped up and water stopped flowing.