How to say "block" in Japanese

• 町まちJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'town' and 'neighbourhood'; its 'block' sense is the district sense — the part of a city, or the neighbourhood, where you live — not a solid piece or an obstruction.
  町まちが一面いちめんすっぽり雪ゆきをかぶった。↗

  Snow completely covered the town.
• ブロックCommon
  nounFor 'block' as a physical thing: a solid piece of material, such as a concrete block, or a chunk of food such as meat — not for obstructing anything or for areas of a city.
• 塞ぐふさぐJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for blocking in the sense of stopping something up: closing or filling an opening or passage so nothing passes through, as with a blocked pipe, drain, or nose.
• 遮るさえぎるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for blocking something that travels or spreads — light, wind, a view, or someone's way — by standing in its path; unlike 塞ぐ, it does not fill or plug an opening.
  この大木たいぼくで光ひかりがすっかりさえぎられている。↗

  The light is completely blocked out by the big tree.
• 街区がいくCommon
  nounThe word for 'block' as an area of land bounded by streets — a unit of city layout used in mapping and town planning. For the senses 'town' or 'neighbourhood', see 町.

Use 町 for a town or city neighbourhood, 街区 for a block of land, 「ブロック」 for a solid piece or chunk, 「塞ぐ」 for stopping up an opening, and 「遮る」 for blocking light, wind, or a view.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 町まちtown
• ブロックblock (solid piece of material)
• 塞ぐふさぐto stop up
• 遮るさえぎるto interrupt
• 街区がいくblock (of land)
• 木片もくへんblock (of wood)
• 滑車かっしゃpulley
• 詰まらせるつまらせるto clog
• 区画くかくdivision
• 町内ちょうないneighborhood
• 町ちょうtown
• さくblock (usu. of fish for sashimi)
• 岩塊がんかいmass of rock
• 地塊ちかいlandmass
• 待ったをかけるまったをかけるto put a stop to
• 版木はんぎwoodblock
• 断頭台だんとうだい(beheading) block
• 整版せいはん(printing) block
• 版はんplate
• 殺すころすto suppress
• 潰すつぶすto wreck
• 閉ざすとざすto block (a street, entrance, etc.)
• 拒むこばむto prevent (from doing)
• 断ち切るたちきるto cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.)
• 封じるふうじるto prevent (e.g. movement)
• 封ずるふうずるto prevent
• 台木だいぎwood used as a platform (or base, etc.)