Illustration: Beside a village irrigation channel, a loose work cloth has wound tightly around the axle of a small wooden waterwheel. Water continues pressing against the paddles, but the wheel barely moves and only a thin trickle reaches the raised planting bed it normally supplies.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

阻そ害がい

sogai

to hinder, to obstruct

Example sentences

  1. 報道ほうどうの自由じゆうは阻害そがいされてはならない。

    The freedom of the press should not be interfered with.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 科学かがくの進歩しんぽは因襲いんしゅうによってしばしば阻害そがいされた。

    Progress in science was often barred by convention.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. それまで福知山市内ふくちやましないを走はしる鉄道てつどうは、南北なんぼくに分断ぶんだんするように走はしっており市内しないの交通こうつうを阻害そがいするものであった。

    The railroad running through Fukuchiyama City severed the north and south areas of the city, impeding transportation.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 阻害

  • 阻thwart; separate fromOnソKunはばむ
  • 害harm; injuryOnガイ

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