堰
堰

dam, prevent, stop up

12 strokesFrequency 1,913Grade 9

On

エン

Kun

せきせ.く

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Common Words

堰を切ったようせきを切ったようせきをきったよう～な Adj.ExpressionFreq #25476
1

gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam

堰井堰せき (堰)いせきい (堰)NounFreq #29542
1

dam; weir; barrier; sluice

せき止める堰き止める塞き止めるせきとめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #33982
1

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to bring to a halt; to intercept

Examples
川の水をせき止めるために堤防が建設された。
A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.
2

to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

堰を切るせきを切るせきをきる関を切るExpressionGodan verbFreq #42321
1

to break a dam; to burst out

塞く堰くせくTransitiveGodan verbFreq #104964
1

Rare term

to dam up (a stream); to dam

堰堤えん堤えんていNounFreq #131004
1

dam; weir

堰塞偃塞えんそくNounFreq #163456
1

damming (e.g. a pond)

可動堰かどうぜきNounFreq #173987
1

canal gates; river gates

堰止湖堰止め湖堰き止め湖堰き止湖せき止め湖せきとめこNounFreq #269385
1

dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)

堰板せき板せきいたNounFreq #296306
1

sheeting; sheathing board; cover

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