ふせぐ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)
1. to defend against; to protect against
If you do not know the enemy, you cannot defend against the enemy's attacks.
2. to prevent; to avert; to avoid
It seems they want to prevent public unrest.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
to prevent infection
Examples (32 in total)
A car was blocking the gateway.
All we can do is defend.
If you do not know the enemy, you cannot defend against the enemy's attacks.
I am preventing the impact from reaching you.
Without thinking, I blocked the attack with my arm.
It seems they want to prevent public unrest.
Careful driving prevents accidents.
We must prevent war at any cost.
The refrigerator prevents food from going bad.
The wrestler avoided the pin with a bridge.
They try to defend against it using defensive magic.
If we prevent the enemy's invasion, we can repel them without fighting!
The rearguard units held off the enemy's pursuit.
Such a situation must be prevented at all costs.
We must prevent rapid population growth.
This is a device that prevents reactor runaway.
With one more person, we could fend off night attacks.
We restrained the boy from breaking the window.
Keeping the enemy from closing in with suppressive fire is the best we can do.
This prevents drying out and allows for storage while cold.
It would be wise to change clothes, also in the sense of preventing a drop in body temperature.
Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?
The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.
She was wearing a thick coat against the chill.
If he had been a little more careful, the accident would have been avoided.
I stretch before exercising to prevent injury.
This is to prevent the figures from being falsified later.
To prevent the disease from spreading quickly was not an easy task.
I raise my hand to block the dust and trash flying toward me.
Packaging can actually prevent certain kinds of waste.
To avoid spoiling, fish caught far out at sea are immediately cooled or even frozen.
They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses.