- 阻止【そし】 - obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, impediment, interdiction, preemption, blocking 
- 阻む【はばむ】 - to keep someone from doing, to stop, to prevent, to check, to hinder, to obstruct, to oppose, to thwart 
- 阻害【そがい】 - obstruction, impediment, hindrance, inhibition, blocking, check