Illustration: Late afternoon sunlight slants through the open sliding door of a Japanese home and strikes a child's face at the low table. An older sibling lifts a broad woven screen between the doorway and the child. The light now hits the screen, leaving the child's eyes in a sharply defined patch of shade.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

遮さえぎる

saegiru

to block, to interrupt

Example sentences

この大木たいぼくで光ひかりがすっかりさえぎられている。
The light is completely blocked out by the big tree.
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彼かれは私わたしの行ゆく手てを遮さえぎった。
He blocked my way.
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落石らくせきが彼かれの行ゆく手てをさえぎった。
A fallen rock barred his way.
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Kanji in 遮

遮intercept; interruptOnシャKunさえぎる

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