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阻む · godan verb (-mu)

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

Used for actively blocking or impeding someone's actions, plans, progress, or natural flow. Often implies a deliberate or forceful obstruction.

〈人ひと〉の行いく手てを阻はばむto block someone's path forward
大おお雪ゆきが登と山ざん者しゃたちの行いく手てを阻はばんだ。
Heavy snow blocked the climbers' path forward.
〈事こと〉の侵しん入にゅうを阻はばむto prevent the intrusion or invasion of something
堤てい防ぼうが海かい水すいの侵しん入にゅうを阻はばんだ。
The levee prevented the seawater from getting in.
〈事こと〉の実じつ現げんを阻はばむto prevent something from being realized or achieved
資し金きん不ぶ足そくが計けい画かくの実じつ現げんを阻はばんだ。
The lack of funds prevented the plan from being realized.

妨さまたげるN2
妨げる is a broader word for disturbing or interfering with something, while 阻む specifically emphasizes forcefully or physically blocking progress.
阻そ止しN1
阻止する is a more formal, often organizational term for stopping or preventing something, whereas 阻む is used in both concrete and abstract contexts.
防ふせぐN3
防ぐ means to defend against or prevent harm before it happens, while 阻む focuses on actively blocking something already in motion.
拒こばむN1
阻む focuses on physically or forcefully blocking progress or passage, close to the second, non-personal sense of 拒む.

促うながすN1
促す means to urge or encourage progress, the opposite of 阻む, which blocks or hinders it.

拒こばむN1
拒む means to refuse or reject a request or offer, while 阻む means to physically or forcefully block progress or an action.

The kanji 阻 carries the meaning 'to obstruct' or 'to block'. The reading はばむ is a native Japanese verb, and its exact derivation is uncertain.