JLPT N1 · Verb

遮る (saegiru)

遮る (さえぎる, saegiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さえぎる
Romaji: saegiru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

この大木で光がすっかりさえぎられている。

The light is completely blocked out by the big tree.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 遮る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	遮る	さえぎる saegiru
Polite (~masu)	遮ります	さえぎります saegirimasu
Negative	遮らない	さえぎらない saegiranai
Polite negative	遮りません	さえぎりません saegirimasen
Past	遮った	さえぎった saegitta
Polite past	遮りました	さえぎりました saegirimashita
Negative past	遮らなかった	さえぎらなかった saegiranakatta
Te-form	遮って	さえぎって saegitte
Potential	遮れる	さえぎれる saegireru
Passive	遮られる	さえぎられる saegirareru
Causative	遮らせる	さえぎらせる saegiraseru
Volitional	遮ろう	さえぎろう saegirou
Imperative	遮れ	さえぎれ saegire
Conditional (~ba)	遮れば	さえぎれば saegireba

Kanji in 遮る

遮

intercept, interrupt, obstructシャ・さえぎ.る · 14 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1323290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.