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塞
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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.
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to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
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being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
Examples
必死で考えた企画は却下、一生懸命作った本は売れない。山下さんは八方塞がりの状態に陥っている。
Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.
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Idiomatic expression
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
Examples
その返事には開いた口が塞がらなかった。
I was taken aback at the answer.
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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
Examples
彼女は急にふさぎ込む性癖がある。
She is apt to fits of depression.
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Medicine
heart attack; myocardial infarction
Examples
睡眠不足で、心筋梗塞リスクが上昇。
Sleep deprivation increases risk of heart attacks.
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Idiomatic expression
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
Examples
今手が塞がっているんです。
I'm tied up now.
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Proverb
the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate
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Proverb
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
