塞ぐ|ふさぐfusagu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth)
- godan verb, transitive verbto stand in the way; to obstruct
- godan verb, transitive verbto occupy; to fill up; to take up
- godan verb, transitive verbto perform one's role; to do one's duty
- godan verb, intransitive verbto feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 塞ぐ（ふさぐ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 塞ぎます（ふさぎます） |
| Negative (nai) | 塞がない（ふさがない） |
| polite (masen) | 塞ぎません（ふさぎません） |
| classical zu / nu | 塞がず・塞がぬ（ふさがず・ふさがぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 塞いだ（ふさいだ） |
| polite (mashita) | 塞ぎました（ふさぎました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 塞がなかった（ふさがなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 塞ぎませんでした（ふさぎませんでした） |
| Te form | 塞いで（ふさいで） |
| Potential | 塞げる（ふさげる） |
| Passive | 塞がれる（ふさがれる） |
| Causative | 塞がせる（ふさがせる） |
| Causative passive | 塞がせられる・塞がされる（ふさがせられる・ふさがされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 塞げば（ふさげば） |
| tara | 塞いだら（ふさいだら） |
| Volitional | 塞ごう（ふさごう） |
| polite (mashou) | 塞ぎましょう（ふさぎましょう） |
| Imperative | 塞げ（ふさげ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
穴が塞がる
穴を塞ぐ
塞がる is intransitive and focuses on the hole as the subject that becomes blocked, as in 穴が塞がる. 塞ぐ is transitive and focuses on an agent blocking the hole, as in 穴を塞ぐ.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym遮るさえぎるNeutralNeutral. To block or interrupt something, as in 「話を遮る」; 「塞ぐ」 is about filling or plugging up.
- Synonym封鎖ふうさNeutralNeutral. To blockade roads, ports, and the like, with a military or administrative flavor.
- Related閉じるとじるNeutralNeutral. Used for closing or shutting a book or your eyes; 「塞ぐ」 focuses on blocking up an opening or passage.
- Related閉めるしめるNeutralNeutral. For shutting doors and windows; 「塞ぐ」 focuses on plugging holes or blocking a road.
- Related封じるふうじるNeutralNeutral. To seal or shut off, with an emphasis on forbidding or preventing; 「塞ぐ」 stresses physically plugging something.
- Related閉ざすとざすWrittenWritten/formal prose. To close or seal off, also figuratively for a heart shut tight; 「塞ぐ」 focuses on blocking.
- Related締め切るしめきるNeutralNeutral. To shut everything up tight, or to stop accepting applications at a deadline; 「塞ぐ」 focuses on plugging holes.
- Related閉塞へいそくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A blockage that cuts off a passage, as in 「腸閉塞」; also used for traffic, communications, or a stalled situation.
- Related遮断しゃだんNeutralNeutral. To cut off or isolate, as in 「遮断機」; 「塞ぐ」 is about filling or plugging up.
- RelatedつぶるNeutralNeutral. To close one's eyes, as in 「目をつぶる」; 「塞ぐ」 also covers covering your ears.
- Related鎖すさすWrittenWritten/formal prose. The same word as 「閉ざす」 above, also written 「鎖す」; as in 「雪に閉ざされる」, cut off by snow.
- Related差し固めるさしかためるWrittenWritten/formal prose. To shut something tight; archaic and rarely used. 「塞ぐ」 focuses on blocking an opening.
- Related緘するかんするWrittenWritten/formal prose. To seal shut or to silence someone; 「塞ぐ」 can also mean covering one's mouth.
- Related封ずるふうずるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A 「ずる」-form variant of 「封じる」, same meaning but a heavier literary tone; 「塞ぐ」 stresses physical blocking.
- Antonym開けるあけるNeutralNeutral. To open something up — the direct opposite of 「塞ぐ」 in its blocking sense.
Use 「塞ぐ」 for plugging a hole, blocking a way through, or covering your ears or eyes, as in 「耳を塞ぐ」. For closing doors or windows say 「閉める」, for interrupting 「遮る」, for a blockade 「封鎖」, and for opening 「開ける」.
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Japanese definitions
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