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障害 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrier noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
  • difficulty noun The state or quality of being hard to do, understand, or manage.
  • disability noun A physical or mental condition that significantly limits a person's abilities or functioning.
  • disorder noun A state of confusion or lack of proper organization.
  • handicap noun A physical or mental condition that limits a person's abilities.
  • hurdle noun A barrier that a runner or horse must jump over during a race.
  • impediment noun Something that blocks or slows progress.
  • obstacle noun Something that blocks progress or makes it harder to move forward, whether physical or figurative.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

Senses

障害 is used for these senses in English:

  • barrier An obstacle or impediment.
  • difficulty An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
  • disability (uncountable) The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
  • disorder (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.
  • hurdle (athletics, horses) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
  • impediment A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
  • obstacle Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
  • trouble A malfunction.

barrier — full definition

  1. noun A physical structure that blocks passage or access.
  2. noun Something that prevents progress or makes an action difficult.

difficulty — full definition

  1. noun The state or quality of being hard to do, understand, or manage.
  2. noun A problem or obstacle that stands in the way of something.

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