See 立ちはだかる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"to stand in the way, obstruct, block someone from passage"
],
"links": [
[
"in the way",
"in the way"
],
[
"obstruct",
"obstruct"
],
[
"block",
"block"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "立ち塞がる"
}
]
},
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "from 1802",
"references": []
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be at a standstill, unable to go forward or go back; to be flummoxed, to be stuck"
],
"links": [
[
"standstill",
"standstill"
],
[
"flummoxed",
"flummoxed"
],
[
"stuck",
"stuck"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "たちはだかる"
},
{
"other": "たちはだかる"
},
{
"other": "たちはだかる"
},
{
"ipa": "[ta̠t͡ɕiha̠da̠ka̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
"Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
],
"word": "立ちはだかる"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 立ちはだかる meaning in Japanese (8.1kB)
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