JLPT N1 · Verb

阻む (habamu)

阻む (はばむ, habamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to keep someone from doing; to stop”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はばむ
Romaji: habamu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼らは大きな川に前進を阻まれた。

Their progress was stopped by a wide river.

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

Conjugation of 阻む

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	阻む	はばむ habamu
Polite (~masu)	阻みます	はばみます habamimasu
Negative	阻まない	はばまない habamanai
Polite negative	阻みません	はばみません habamimasen
Past	阻んだ	はばんだ habanda
Polite past	阻みました	はばみました habamimashita
Negative past	阻まなかった	はばまなかった habamanakatta
Te-form	阻んで	はばんで habande
Potential	阻める	はばめる habameru
Passive	阻まれる	はばまれる habamareru
Causative	阻ませる	はばませる habamaseru
Volitional	阻もう	はばもう habamou
Imperative	阻め	はばめ habame
Conditional (~ba)	阻めば	はばめば habameba

Kanji in 阻む

阻

thwart, separate from, preventソ・はば.む · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 阻む.

阻止そしobstruction

Source: JMdict entry 1397800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.