Keyword
obstruction
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1393
Readings
さわ
(13%)
ざわ
(9%)
(1%)
Composed of
small village
chapter
Used in vocabulary (282 in total)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
shoji (paper sliding door)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
being bad at communication; being unsociable
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
offence; offense; hindrance
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
disabled person; handicapped person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
disturbance of consciousness
network disturbance; communication failure; telecommunication malfunction
to be bad for health; to affect one's health
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
electromagnetic interference; radio interference
innocuous; inoffensive
mental disorder; mental disability; mental illness
to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves
functional disorder; dysfunction
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
gender identity disorder; GID; gender dysphoria
repeated cultivation damage (same crop, same soil); continuous cropping hazard; replant failure
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
dysgeusia; taste disorder
speech impediment; speech disorder
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
intellectual disability; mental disability
disabled person; handicapped person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
sins (which prevent entry into bliss)
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
obstacle to Buddhist practice
cost of social security; social welfare spending
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
child with a (physical or mental) disability; disabled child
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
tall-paneled sliding door
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
glazed sliding door
all hindrances; all obstacles
pictures on (room) partitions
obsessive-compulsive disorder; OCD
hearing impairment; paracusis; paracusia
intellectually disabled person; mentally disabled person
frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
disagreeable; unpleasant; off-putting; disconcerting
communication disorder; being bad at communication; being unsociable
cognitive deficit; cognitive disturbance; cognitive disorder
broken product; faulty product
(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
vision damage; vision impairment; blindness
facility for the disabled; special needs home
person with a mental disorder; person with a mental illness
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
aircraft warning lights; airplane warning lights; obstacle light; obstruction light
walls have ears; (lit.) sliding doors have eyes
behavioral disorder; behavioural disorder
death benefit (from life insurance)
dyskinesia; motor impairment; motor disturbance
protective occupation (of a country)
disabled person; handicapped person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
hearing-impaired person; person with hearing difficulties; deaf person
adjustment disorder; maladjustment
show jumping (equestrian event)
to clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter
dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing); dysphagy
erectile dysfunction; ED
radiation damage; radiation injury; radiation hazard
disability pension; invalid pension
renal impairment; kidney damage
dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder
avoiding to commit oneself; (being) noncommittal
disturbance (blockage) of blood flow
internal hindrance; any visual disorder caused by a problem within the eye (i.e. glaucoma, amaurosis, etc.)
intellectual disability
shoji with glass window behind a sliding bottom half
to become sick; to be struck by a disaster; to hinder; to be hindered; to run into problems; to have an accident
lower part of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
hurdle race; hurdling
show jumping (equestrian event)
physical impediment (e.g. after an accident); residual difficulty; residual disorder
obstruction guard
five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation damage
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
sliding door covered with thick patterned paper
speech impediment; lalopathy
paper screen door for admitting light
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
saddle flap
guaranteed; certified; warranty included
person with a physical or mental disability; disabled person
child with a (physical or mental) disability; disabled child
saddle flap
mental disorder
disabled child; physically handicapped child
black cataract; amaurosis
(suffering) an emotional disturbance
partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)
partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)
Tourette syndrome; Tourette's syndrome
ego derangement; ego disturbance
visually handicapped person; visually impaired person; blind person
fence (esp. between buildings)
intellectually disabled child
guidance, warning tile blocks for the visually impaired
mental or physical disorder; mental or physical disability
avoidant personality disorder; AvPD; anxious personality disorder
points failure (railroad)
color-blindness; colour-blindness
special education; education of the handicapped
blocking point; point of blockage
(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
disaster recovery; fault clearing; fault restoration
disabled person; handicapped person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
guaranteed; certified; warranty included
child with a (physical or mental) disability; disabled child
bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
to have a stomach ache; to get on one's nerves; to cause offence
person with a physical or mental disability; disabled person
degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil
pictured paper doors
security of (tariff) concessions
disabled child; physically handicapped child
special class for handicapped children
speech-impaired person; person with a speech impediment; mute
child with a learning disability
fail-over; fault bypass
avoiding committing oneself; noncommittal
shoji with an oil-treated screen (for increased water resistance)
obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)
reed sliding door
counterguard (fortification)
stuck-at fault (chip, circuit); stack fault
guaranteeing information accessibility for the disabled
orthostatic intolerance; orthostatic dysregulation; orthostatic disturbance
gaming disorder; out-of-control obsession with gaming
disabled person; person with a physical or mental disability
intellectual disability; mental disability
Ghosting (television)
Examples (95 in total)
He refused to quit despite many obstacles.
He succeeded in spite of all difficulties.
He did the work in spite of many obstacles.