Illustration: On the balcony of a Japanese apartment, a resident kneels beside a rainwater barrel with a small hole near its base. One hand firmly pushes a rubber stopper into the opening. The escaping stream has narrowed to a few drops around the stopper, while a shallow puddle records the earlier leak.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

塞ふさぐ

fusagu

to block, to plug up

Example sentences

  1. 壊こわれた窓まどは板いたでふさがれた。

    The broken window was boarded up.

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  2. その穴あなをふさごうよ。

    Let’s plug up the hole.

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  3. 彼かれは壁かべの穴あなをふさいだ。

    He filled up the hole in the wall.

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Kanji in 塞

  • 塞close; shutOnソク・サイKunふさぐ・とりで・みちる

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