塞く

堰く

Reading

Kana: せく

Romaji: seku

Kana

Romaji

Definition

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

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

to stand in the way; to obstruct

to occupy; to fill up; to take up

See also: 塞がる

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

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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