Illustration: During a neighborhood football match on a school ground, a goalkeeper lunges sideways and traps the ball beneath both gloved hands just before it crosses the goal line. The entire ball remains outside the goal, pressed firmly against the dirt.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

阻そ止し

soshi

to prevent, to block

Example sentences

  1. クーデター計画けいかくはぎりぎりのところで阻止そしされました。

    The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 自然環境しぜんかんきょうの悪化あっかを阻止そししましょう。

    Let’s stop the deterioration of the natural environment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 警察けいさつは街頭がいとうデモを阻止そししようとした。

    The police tried to stop the street demonstration.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 阻止

  • 阻thwart; separate fromOnソKunはばむ
  • 止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・とどめる

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