方塞がり

かたふたがり かたふさがり

unlucky direction (in Onmyoudou; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)

塞がる

ふさがる ふたがる

to be closed, to be blocked, to be healed (e.g. wound), to be shut up

手が塞がる

てがふさがる

to be busy, to be tied up doing something

立塞がる

たちふさがる りつふさがる

to stand in one's way

塞翁が馬

さい おう がうま

the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

暗れ塞がる

くれふたがる くれふさがる

to be shrouded by darkness

逼塞

ひっそく

being blocked (and contained), reduced circumstances

塞源

そくげん

blockage of a source

城塞

じょうさい

fortress, stronghold, citadel

塞ぐ

ふさぐ

to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to plug up, to shut up, to cover (ears, eyes, etc.), to close (eyes, mouth)

塞く

せく

to dam (up) (stream)

辺塞

へんさい

frontier fort

防塞

ぼうさい

fort

塞栓

そくせん そく せん

embolus, abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood

閉塞

へいそく

closure, blockage

山塞

さんさい

mountain stronghold

栓塞

embolus

活塞

piston

要塞

ようさい

fort, stronghold, fortification