Frequency rank: 3,019.
- enclosing wall; boundary fence
- obstacle; barrier
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- enclosing wall; boundary fence
- obstacle; barrier
This meaning refers to a physical structure that surrounds or divides an area, often used for protection or separation.
This meaning is more abstract and refers to something that prevents progress or makes it difficult to achieve a goal.
Generated collocations (experimental)
しょうへき障壁をこえる越えるto overcome a barrierしょうへき障壁をとりのぞく取り除くto remove an obstacleげんご言語のしょうへき障壁language barrierぶんかてき文化的しょうへき障壁cultural barrierしょうへき障壁をもうける設けるto set up a barrierしんりてき心理的しょうへき障壁psychological barrierしょうへき障壁をかんじる感じるto feel a barrierしょうへき障壁をのりこえる乗り越えるto surmount a barrierぶつりてき物理的しょうへき障壁physical barrierしゃかいてき社会的しょうへき障壁social barrier
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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To keep holding the barrier up is just to wait for death! So we're going to go out past the wall and counter attack the enemy, you ready!?
Unless Japan eliminates those barriers, the U.S. will take sanctions.
The first question we must raise is whether a cultural barrier existed between those groups.