阻む

沮む

Reading

Kana: はばむ

Romaji: habamu

Definition

v5m

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

Kanji

阻

Readings: ソ、 はば.む

Meanings: thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede

沮

Readings: ソ、 ショ、 はば.む

Meanings: stop, prevent, defeated, dejected

Example Sentences

我々(われわれ)の前進(ぜんしん)は阻(はば)まれた。

➥Our advance was checked.

行(ゆ)く手(て)を阻(はば)んだものは、高(たか)さ１メートル足(た)らずの石壁(いしかべ)でした。

➥The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.

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.