Illustration: After heavy rain, municipal workers seal off a narrow riverside footpath in a Japanese neighborhood. One worker fastens the last section of a rigid portable barrier between the two fixed entrance posts, leaving no opening.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

封ふう鎖さ

fuusa

to block off, to seal off

Example sentences

この港みなとは封鎖ふうさされうる。
The harbor can be blocked.
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兵隊へいたいが町まちへの道みちを封鎖ふうさした。
Soldiers barred the way to the city.
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警察けいさつはそのエリアを封鎖ふうさした。
The police have blocked off the area.
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Kanji in 封鎖

封seal; closingOnフウ・ホウ
鎖chain; ironsOnサKunくさり・とざす

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