立塞がる

たちふさがる りつふさがる

to stand in one's way

手が塞がる

てがふさがる

to be busy, to be tied up doing something

暗れ塞がる

くれふたがる くれふさがる

to be shrouded by darkness

塞がり

ふさがり ふたがり

being closed, being blocked up, being occupied, hindrance, impedance

塞げる

ふさげる

to close up, to block up, to fill, to cover

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

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)

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