Illustration: On a narrow wooded footpath outside a Japanese town, a walker stops before a fallen tree lying across the entire route. The trunk is too high to step over easily, and thick branches fill the space between the path’s steep bank and its drainage ditch.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

障しょう害がい

shougai

obstacle, barrier

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは予期よきせぬ障害しょうがいに出会であった。

    He met an unexpected obstacle.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちは障害しょうがいを乗のり越こえて突つき進すすんだ。

    We pushed ahead despite the obstacles.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは多おおくの障害しょうがいに直面ちょくめんした。

    I was confronted with many difficulties.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 障害

  • 障hinder; hurtOnショウKunさわる
  • 害harm; injuryOnガイ

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store