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籠 かご N3

  1. basket (shopping, etc.); cage; hamper

籠もる こもる N1

  1. to be confined in; to hide away; to seclude oneself; to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to stay inside (one's shell)
  2. to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to infuse with
  3. to be dense; to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.)
  4. to be muffled (e.g. voice)
  5. to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
  6. to confine oneself in a temple to pray

籠で水を汲む かごでみずをくむ

  1. to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket

籠の垂れ かごのたれ

  1. hanging of a palanquin

籠の鳥 かごのとり

  1. caged bird
  2. person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)

籠城 ろうじょう

  1. holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
  2. confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

籠城作戦 ろうじょうさくせん

  1. strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)

籠居 ろうきょ

  1. living in seclusion; retirement; staying at home or indoors

籠屋 かごや

  1. basket maker

籠手 こて

  1. bracer (arm guard used in archery)
  2. gauntlet (armour)
  3. glove (in kendo or fencing)
  4. strike to the forearm (in kendo)
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