塞(ふさ)ぐ

ふさぐ
verb (godan)
to block; to close up; to plug; to feel depressed
他動詞 transitiveaction
See also: 塞(ふさ)がる (intransitive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present塞(ふさ)ぐ塞(ふさ)がない
Present polite塞(ふさ)ぎます塞(ふさ)ぎません
Past塞(ふさ)いだ塞(ふさ)がなかった
Past polite塞(ふさ)ぎました塞(ふさ)ぎませんでした
て form塞(ふさ)いで塞(ふさ)がなくて
ている present塞(ふさ)いでいる塞(ふさ)いでいない
ている polite塞(ふさ)いでいます塞(ふさ)いでいません
ている past塞(ふさ)いでいた塞(ふさ)いでいなかった
ている past polite塞(ふさ)いでいました塞(ふさ)いでいませんでした
Conditional ば塞(ふさ)げば塞(ふさ)がなければ
Conditional たら塞(ふさ)いだら塞(ふさ)がなかったら
Volitional塞(ふさ)ごう—
Volitional polite塞(ふさ)ぎましょう—
Potential塞(ふさ)げる塞(ふさ)げない
Passive塞(ふさ)がれる塞(ふさ)がれない
Causative塞(ふさ)がせる塞(ふさ)がせない
Imperative塞(ふさ)げ塞(ふさ)ぐな
1. to block; to close up; to plug
To cover or fill an opening to prevent passage.
穴(あな)を塞(ふさ)いでください。
Please plug the hole.
I covered my ears and pretended not to hear.
口(くち)を塞(ふさ)いで。
Cover your mouth.
傷口(きずぐち)を塞(ふさ)いだ。
I closed up the wound.
テープで隙間(すきま)を塞(ふさ)いだ。
I sealed the gap with tape.
鼻(はな)を塞(ふさ)いで飲(の)んだ。
I held my nose and drank it.
2. to obstruct; to occupy
To take up space and prevent access.
The luggage is blocking the path.
出口(でぐち)を塞(ふさ)がないで。
Don't block the exit.
That seat is occupied.
Both my hands are full.
A car is blocking the passage.
3. to feel depressed; to be gloomy
To be in low spirits (often as 気(き)が塞(ふさ)ぐ).
I became depressed after hearing the bad news.
I felt depressed all day.
I feel gloomy on rainy days.
I feel down when I think about the future.

塞(ふさ)ぐ is transitive (他動詞(たどうし)) when meaning "to block." The intransitive pair is 塞(ふさ)がる (to be blocked).

ASPECT (ている):
塞(ふさ)いでいる indicates something is blocked or someone is feeling depressed.

Common patterns

The idiom 気(き)が塞(ふさ)ぐ pairs 塞(ふさ)ぐ with が rather than を — an idiomatic exception to its usual transitive pattern — to describe feeling depressed.