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Keyword
get in one's way
  • thwart
  • separate from
  • prevent
  • obstruct
  • deter
  • impede
Frequency
#1280
Strokes
8
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1919
Readings
ソ67%
はば33%
Mnemonic
A small village sits in the middle of the highway; bulldoze it and there is more, another hamlet every mile, all built to get in one's way.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
阻そ止し
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
Noun
阻そ害がい
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
Noun
阻はばむ
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart
Godan verb
悪阻つわり
morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Noun
悪お阻そ
morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Noun
阻そ却きゃく
rejection
Noun