Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment, a bulky folded futon has slipped from an overloaded storage cupboard and become wedged across the narrow bathroom doorway. Its thick folds fill the opening from one jamb to the other.

ふさがる

fusagaru

to be blocked, to close up

Example sentences

雪崩なだれで道路どうろがふさがった。
The road was blocked by an avalanche.
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傷きずがふさがりません。
The wound won’t close.
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道路どうろは倒木とうぼくで塞ふさがっている。
The road is blocked by fallen trees.
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