阻む | Japanese meaning

む【はばむ】

Godan verb with 'mu' ending

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

Other forms

む【はばむ】

Generated definitions (experimental)

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

This meaning refers to actively preventing someone from carrying out an action or achieving a goal, often by imposing obstacles or challenges.

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He prevented me from going.

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The rain is hindering our plans.

Generated collocations (experimental)

the act of hinderingthe power to obstructto hinder progressto obstruct the achievement of goalsto hinder developmentto restrict freedoman act of obstructionto thwart successto stop the enemy's advancecauses of obstruction

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

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Example sentences

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1. 、、。。

The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.

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2. 。。

Their progress was stopped by a wide river.

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3. 。。

Our advance was checked.

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Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

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