阻む (はばむ): to keep someone from doing, to stop, to oppose — Japanese vocabulary
阻む is read はばむ and means "to keep someone from doing, to stop, to oppose". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
阻む
- Reading
- はばむ · habamu
- Translation
- to keep someone from doing, to stop, to oppose
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- はばむが
Example
彼らは大きな川に前進を阻まれた。
かれらはおおきなかわにぜんしんをはばまれた。
Their progress was stopped by a wide river.
Kanji in this word
- 阻 — obstruct, hinder
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