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阻止 (そし): obstruction, check, hindrance — Japanese vocabulary

阻止 is read そし and means "obstruction, check, hindrance". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

阻止

Reading
そし · soshi
Translation
obstruction, check, hindrance
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
そしが

Example

クーデター計画はぎりぎりのところで阻止されました。

クーデターけいかくはぎりぎりのところでそしされました。

The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.

Kanji in this word

  • 阻 — obstruct, hinder
  • 止 — stop

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