閉ざす （トザス） to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)

鎖国 （サコク） national isolation, closing the country (to foreigners), sakoku, policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

経済封鎖 （ケイザイフウサ） economic blockade, embargo

学級閉鎖 （ガッキュウヘイサ） temporary closing of classes

鎖 （くさり） chain, chains

鎖編み （くさりあみ） chain stitch

救命の鎖 （きゅうめいのくさり） chain of survival

人間の鎖 （にんげんのくさり） human chain (chain of people holding hands, usually in protest)

閉ざす （とざす） to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)