フェンスfensu

1. nounfence
   フェンスの向こう側むこうがわに片足かたあしを振り出ふりだした。↗

   I swung my leg over the fence.

• Synonym柵さくNeutralA barrier dividing an area to keep people or animals in or out, often wooden. 「フェンス」 usually means a wire-mesh fence, as at ballparks or construction sites.
• Synonym囲いかこいNeutralAnything that encloses a space, or the enclosed place itself; broader than 「フェンス」, covering also fruit and vegetable storage and tea-ceremony rooms.
• Synonym垣かきNeutralA traditional barrier or wall, often of bamboo or wood, as in 「生け垣」 and 「石垣」. Modern wire-mesh fences are called 「フェンス」.
• Synonym障壁しょうへきWrittenA wall separating spaces, but more often a metaphor for an obstacle, as in 「言葉の障壁」. As a fence it is far less common than 「フェンス」.
• Synonym塀へいNeutralA solid wall of boards, earth, brick or stone, as in 「板塀」 and 「ブロック塀」, built to block the view. 「フェンス」 is usually see-through mesh.
• Related垣根かきねNeutralA hedge marking the edge of a garden or plot, usually of trees or bamboo; also a metaphor for a barrier, as in 「垣根を越える」. 「フェンス」 tends to be mesh-like.
• Related格子こうしNeutralLatticework of thin wooden strips crossed vertically and horizontally, as in window bars and lattice doors; also a checked pattern. It names a structure, not a fence.
• Related垣牆えんしょうWrittenA hedge or fence around a garden or field; written, archaic and rarely used. In everyday speech say 「垣根」 or 「フェンス」.
• Related埒らちWrittenOriginally the fence around a riding ground; today mostly in 「埒が明かない」, meaning a matter makes no progress. Rarely used for an actual fence.
• Related大垣おおがきWrittenA roofed mud wall built around villas or temples; an archaic architectural-history term. Modern fences are never called this.

Use 「フェンス」 for see-through fences of metal mesh, as in 「ホームランフェンス」. Say 「柵」 for wooden barriers, 「垣根」 for garden hedges, 「塀」 for solid view-blocking walls. 「囲い」 is any enclosure, 「格子」 latticework, 「垣」 a traditional hedge; 「垣牆」 and 「大垣」 are archaic written words, and 「埒」 and 「障壁」 now mostly appear in figurative uses.

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1. 囲かこい, 柵さく。垣根かきね。堀ほり。