塞ぐ

壅ぐ

Reading

Kana: ふさぐ

Romaji: fusagu

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.

彼(かれ)は壁(かべ)の穴(あな)をふさいだ。

➥He filled up the hole in the wall.

彼(かれ)はなぜかふさいでいる。

➥He looks blue for some reason.

冬(ふゆ)になると気(き)がふさぐ。

➥I suffer from depression during the wintertime.

落石(らくせき)が道路(どうろ)をふさいだ。

➥Fallen rocks closed the way.

バスが行(ゆ)く手(て)をふさいだ。

➥A bus got in the way.