Japanese symbol for “obstructing”

In Japanese, obstructing is ブロック (burokku).

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Meanings

1. n block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat)
2. n concrete block
3. n (interlocking) toy blocks
4. n (printing) block
5. n block (area of a city)
6. n, vs, vt blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing

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