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A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress. / A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech. / (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

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impediment

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/

Noun

in-plural

A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress. / A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech. / (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

Japanese Meaning

妨げ、障害（進行を妨げるもの） / 障害、特に聴覚や言語に関する障害 / （複数形で）荷物、特に軍の荷物

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Her lack of funds was an impediment to starting the business.

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資金不足は事業を始める上での障害だった。

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A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.

I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.

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