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塞ぐ

ふさぐ

to block up, to close off, to stop up, to take up (space)

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Examples

  1. 音がうるさくて耳を塞いだ。

    おとがうるさくてみみをふさいだ。

    The noise was so loud that I covered my ears.

  2. 事故で道が塞がれている。

    じこでみちがふさがれている。

    The road is blocked because of an accident.

  3. 壁の穴を紙で塞いでおいた。

    かべのあなをかみでふさいでおいた。

    I stopped up the hole in the wall with paper.

  4. 大きな荷物が通路を塞いでいて通れない。

    おおきなにもつがつうろをふさいでいてとおれない。

    A big piece of luggage is taking up the aisle, so we can't get past.

Common patterns

道を塞ぐ
to block the road
耳を塞ぐ
to cover one's ears
穴を塞ぐ
to plug a hole

Memory tip

塞ぐ is the transitive one — you block something; the intransitive pair is 塞がる (the seat is taken, the line is busy). It also has an idiomatic sense of feeling low, as in 気が塞ぐ.

Kanji in this word

  • 塞Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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