閉塞|へいそくheisoku[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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


