遮さえぎる

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

遮る · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

Broadly used for physically blocking passage, view, light, sound, or signals, as well as interrupting speech or actions.

〈人ひと〉の話はなしを遮さえぎるto cut someone off while they are speaking
彼かれは私わたしの話はなしを遮さえぎって自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを言いい始はじめた。
He cut me off and started giving his own opinion.
視し界かいを遮さえぎるto block one's view
高たかいビルが視し界かいを遮さえぎっている。
The tall building is blocking the view.
通つう行こうを遮さえぎるto block passage or traffic
倒たおれた木きが道みちの通つう行こうを遮さえぎっていた。
A fallen tree was blocking passage on the road.
遮さえぎるものがないthere is nothing blocking (a view, wind, etc.)
屋おく上じょうからは遮さえぎるものがなく、街まち全ぜん体たいが見み渡わたせた。
From the rooftop there was nothing blocking the view, and you could see the whole city.

妨さまたげるN2
妨げる emphasizes hindering or impeding an action or progress, while 遮る focuses on physically or metaphorically cutting off or blocking something directly.
塞ふさぐN2
塞ぐ means to close up or plug an opening, whereas 遮る is about intercepting or blocking a flow, line of sight, or speech.
遮しゃ断だん
遮断する is a more technical/formal term for completely cutting off something like traffic, power, or signals, while 遮る is the everyday word for blocking light, sound, or speech.
被かぶせるN2
遮る means to cut off or interrupt someone's speech, similar to 被せる's sense of talking over another person.

通とおすN3
通す means to let something pass through, the opposite of 遮る which blocks or cuts off passage.

遮さえぎるUsage50%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
さえぎるUsage50%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing when the kanji is not needed.

Compound of さえ (emphatic prefix) and 切る (きる, 'to cut'), with the meaning 'to cut off completely'. The kanji 遮 means 'to obstruct' or 'to block'.