Illustration: During a move into a Japanese apartment, a sofa has become firmly wedged halfway through the entrance doorway. Its padded arms press against both sides of the frame, leaving one mover inside and the other stranded in the communal corridor.

つかえる

tsukaeru

to get stuck, to clog

Example sentences

魚さかなの骨ほねがつかえて息いきが詰つまりそうだった。
I nearly choked on a fishbone.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
下水管げすいかんが閊つかえて汚水おすいが溢あふれてしまった。
The sewer pipe got clogged and sewage overflowed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
引ひっ越こしているところ、家具かぐがドアで閊つかえてビルに入はいらなかった。
As we were moving, some furniture got stuck in the door and wouldn’t go into the building.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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