堰堤[entei] dam
可動堰[kadouzeki] canal gates
堰き止める[sekitomeru] to dam up
堰く[seku] to dam (up) (stream)
井堰[iseki] dam

堰き止湖[sekitomeko] dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
堰板[sekiita] sheeting
堰を切ったよう[sekiwokittayou] gushing forth
堰を切る[sekiwokiru] to break a dam and gush forth
堰塞[ensoku] damming (e.g. a pond)

一念発起[ichinenhokki] being resolved to (do something)
引き起す[hikiokosu] to cause
縁起[engi] omen
喚起[kanki] arousal
起きる[okiru] to get up

起上る[okiagaru] to rise
起す[okosu] to raise
起こり得る[okoriuru] to be possible to occur
起る[okoru] to occur
起つ[tatsu] to rise up