塞ぐ – Vocabulary details

塞ふさぐ

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)

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)

つい笑わらいが漏もれて、口くちを塞ふさぐ。A laugh slipped out, and I covered my mouth.

2. to stand in the way; to obstruct

進しん路ろが塞ふさがれたらおしまいだ。If the path is blocked, it's over.

3. to occupy; to fill up; to take up

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

Verb (5-dan, ぐ, intransitive)

5. to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope

塞ふさいだ顔かおをして、どうしたの？You look so down. What's wrong?

Alt. forms

Kanji used

塞

blockage

Pitch accent

ふ

さぐ

Conjugations...Used in: 3025

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

耳みみを塞ふさぐ

to stop (plug) one's ears

穴あなを塞ふさぐ

to fill a hole with earth

気きが塞ふさぐ

to feel depressed

1 more...

Examples (11 in total)

耳みみを両りょう手てで塞ふさぎたい。

I want to cover my ears with both hands.

進しん路ろが塞ふさがれたらおしまいだ。

If the path is blocked, it's over.

私わたしは慌あわてて口くちを塞ふさぐ。

I hastily cover my mouth.

塞ふさいだ顔かおをして、どうしたの？

You look so down. What's wrong?

失しつ恋れんしてから、彼かの女じょはずっと塞ふさいでいる。

She's been in low spirits ever since her heartbreak.

つい笑わらいが漏もれて、口くちを塞ふさぐ。

A laugh slipped out, and I covered my mouth.

もしかしたら内うち側がわから板いたで塞ふさいでいるのかもしれない。

Perhaps it is being blocked from the inside with a board.

嵐あらしの後あと、道どう路ろは倒たおれた木きで塞ふさがれた。

After the storm, the road was blocked with fallen trees.

逃にげ場ばを塞ふさぐのは、そう難むずかしいことではない。

Blocking the escape route is not that difficult.

彼かれは両りょう手てを広ひろげて私わたしの行ゆく手てを塞ふさいだ。

He spread his arms and blocked my way.

僕ぼくの錆さび付ついたフォードが故こ障しょうして、交こう差さ点てんを塞ふさいでしまった。