閉塞|へいそくheisoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbblockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
Conjugation
Dictionary form閉塞する(へいそくする)
Polite (masu)閉塞します(へいそくします)
Negative (nai)閉塞しない(へいそくしない)
polite (masen)閉塞しません(へいそくしません)
classical zu / nu閉塞せず・閉塞せぬ(へいそくせず・へいそくせぬ)
Past (ta)閉塞した(へいそくした)
polite (mashita)閉塞しました(へいそくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)閉塞しなかった(へいそくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)閉塞しませんでした(へいそくしませんでした)
Te form閉塞して(へいそくして)
Potential閉塞できる(へいそくできる)
Passive閉塞される(へいそくされる)
Causative閉塞させる(へいそくさせる)
Causative passive閉塞させられる(へいそくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)閉塞すれば(へいそくすれば)
tara閉塞したら(へいそくしたら)
Volitional閉塞しよう(へいそくしよう)
polite (mashou)閉塞しましょう(へいそくしましょう)
Imperative閉塞しろ(へいそくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym閉鎖へいさNeutralClosing entrances or shutting down a business, as in 「工場閉鎖」; stresses deliberate human closing, while 「閉塞」 is about blocked passages or a stifling situation.
  • Synonym封鎖ふうさNeutralBlockading roads, ports and the like, as in 「道路封鎖」; stresses forcibly cutting off comings and goings.
  • Synonym遮断しゃだんNeutralCutting off traffic, electric current or signals; stresses intercepting a flow in motion.
  • Related封じるふうじるNeutralA verb for sealing something shut or blockading movement; stresses making action impossible.
  • Related遮るさえぎるNeutralA verb for blocking a view or light and interrupting a speaker; stresses screening off, not the plugged-up blockage of 「閉塞」.
  • Related塞ぐふさぐNeutralA colloquial verb for plugging or stopping something up or blocking a road, as in 「穴を塞ぐ」「道を塞ぐ」; stresses the concrete physical act.
  • Related封ずるふうずるWrittenA written/formal prose variant of 「封じる」, used less often; unlike 「閉塞」 it does not stress blocked, impassable passages.
  • Antonym開放かいほうNeutralAntonym: opening something up or throwing it open to the public; the opposite of the closing-off 「閉塞」.
  • Antonym開通かいつうNeutralAntonym: a road or line opening to traffic or service; the opposite of the blocked-up 「閉塞」.

Use 「閉塞」 for a passage being blocked so nothing gets through, or for a stifling situation with no way out, as in 「腸閉塞」 and 「閉塞感」. For deliberate closing say 「閉鎖」, for blockading 「封鎖」, and for plugging something up 「塞ぐ」; the antonyms are 「開放」 and 「開通」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. ある部分ぶぶんを閉とじて他ほかの部分ぶぶんとの連絡れんらくを断たつこと。
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