ふさがる・塞がるfusagaru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
ふたがるfutagaruok
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up
    道路どうろは倒たおれた木きで塞ふさがっていた。↗
    The road is blocked by fallen trees.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be clogged; to be plugged up
    あお向むけに寝ねると、舌したやノドチンコがノドの奥おくに下さがるため、上気道じょうきどうが塞ふさがりやすくなります。↗
    If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
    この椅子いすふさがっていますか。↗
    Is this seat taken?
Conjugation
Dictionary formふさがる
Polite (masu)ふさがります
Negative (nai)ふさがらない
polite (masen)ふさがりません
classical zu / nuふさがらず・ふさがらぬ
Past (ta)ふさがった
polite (mashita)ふさがりました
Past negative (nakatta)ふさがらなかった
polite (masen deshita)ふさがりませんでした
Te formふさがって
Potentialふさがれる
Passiveふさがられる
Causativeふさがらせる
Causative passiveふさがらせられる・ふさがらされる
Conditional (ba)ふさがれば
taraふさがったら
Volitionalふさがろう
polite (mashou)ふさがりましょう
Imperativeふさがれ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive塞がる⇄transitive塞ぐふさぐ
穴あなが塞ふさがる
穴あなを塞ふさぐ
塞がる focuses on the event or resulting state, while 塞ぐ foregrounds the agent acting on something: 穴が塞がる versus 穴を塞ぐ.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related詰まるつまるNeutralFor pipes or a nose getting blocked, or a schedule packed full; 「塞がる」 also covers a wound healing or a room or hands being taken up.
  • Related目詰まりめづまりNeutralA noun for tiny holes or mesh getting clogged, as in a filter or fibers; the focus is on the mesh itself.
  • Related目づまりNeutralAn alternative way of writing 「目詰まり」, with the same meaning of mesh or holes getting clogged.
  • Related目詰WrittenA shortened form of 「目詰まり」 meaning holes becoming blocked; a written/formal, technical-leaning variant.

Use 「塞がる」 for a passage being blocked, a wound healing, or a room or hands being taken up, as in 「道が塞がる」 and 「手が塞がる」. For pipes use 「詰まる」, for mesh 「目詰まり」; for opening use 「開く」, for a seat freeing up 「空く」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. いっぱいになり、物ものが中なかに入いれなくなること。
  2. 詰つまる。
  3. 遮さえぎられ、通行つうこうできなくなること。
  4. 閉とじている状態じょうたいになること。
  5. 心こころが心配しんぱい事ことなどに占しめられること。
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