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阻
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阻 (thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede)

  • JLPT N1
  • 8 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 阜
  • #1280 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ソ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
はば.む

Example words & Vocabulary

阻むはばむ
to keep someone from doing, to stop, to prevent, to check, to hinder, to obstruct, to oppose, to thwart
阻止そし
obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, interdiction

Example sentences 3

我々われわれの前進ぜんしんは阻はばまれた。

Our progress was put in check.

台風たいふうに行ゆく手てを阻はばまれました

We were prevented from going on our way by the typhoon.

彼かれらは大おおきな川かわに前進ぜんしんを阻はばまれた。

Their progress was stopped by a wide river.

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