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塞く

堰く

Reading

Kana: せく
Romaji: seku
Kana
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Definition

v5k
vt
1

to dam (up) (stream)

Kanji

塞
Readings: ソク、 サイ、 ふさ.ぐ、 とりで、 み.ちる
Meanings: close, shut, cover, block, obstruct
堰
Readings: エン、 せき、 せ.く
Meanings: dam, prevent, stop up

Example Sentences

せきが出(で)ます。
➥I have a cough.
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せき風邪(かぜ)をひきました。
➥I have a chest cold.
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せきには塩水(えんすい)のうがいが効(き)く。
➥Gargling with salt water helps stop coughing.
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せきが止(と)まりません。
➥I can't stop coughing.
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恋(こい)とせきとは隠(かく)せない。
➥Love and cough cannot be hidden.
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彼(かれ)は突然(とつぜん)せきの発作(ほっさ)に襲(おそ)われる。
➥He suffers from sudden fits of coughing.
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塞ぐ

壅ぐ

Reading

Kana: ふさぐ
Romaji: fusagu
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5g
vt
1

to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth)

See also: 塞がる 塞がる
2

to stand in the way; to obstruct

3

to occupy; to fill up; to take up

See also: 塞がる
4

to perform one's role; to do one's duty

v5g
5

to feel depressed; to mope

See also: 鬱ぐ (reading ふさぐ)

Kanji

塞
Readings: ソク、 サイ、 ふさ.ぐ、 とりで、 み.ちる
Meanings: close, shut, cover, block, obstruct
壅
Readings: ヨウ、 ふさ.ぐ
Meanings: plug up, shut up

Example Sentences

その穴(あな)をふさごうよ。
➥Let's plug up the hole.
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彼(かれ)は壁(かべ)の穴(あな)をふさいだ。
➥He filled up the hole in the wall.
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彼(かれ)はなぜかふさいでいる。
➥He looks blue for some reason.
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冬(ふゆ)になると気(き)がふさぐ。
➥I suffer from depression during the wintertime.
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落石(らくせき)が道路(どうろ)をふさいだ。
➥Fallen rocks closed the way.
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バスが行(ゆ)く手(て)をふさいだ。
➥A bus got in the way.
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