阻む

Meaning

1. v5m
   to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

Example sentences

• 行く手を阻んだものは、高さ１メートル足らずの石壁でした。

  The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.

• 彼らは大きな川に前進を阻まれた。

  Their progress was stopped by a wide river.

• 我々の前進は阻まれた。

  Our advance was checked.