鎖
鎖

chain, irons, connection

18 strokesFrequency 1,250JLPT N1Grade 8

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くさりとざ.す

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鎖くさり鏈鏁NounFreq #4050
1

chain; chains

Examples
ジョージはその犬に鎖をつけた。
George put a chain on the dog.
閉ざすとざす鎖すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4651
1

to shut; to close; to fasten; to lock

2

to block (a street, entrance, etc.)

Examples
日本の米市場は輸入に対し閉ざされている。
Japan's rice market is closed to imports.
3

Usu. in the passive

to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to cut off; to cover (e.g. in darkness)

Examples
湖は氷に閉ざされた。
The lake was bound in ice.
4

Usu. in the passive

to consume (with negative feelings); to fill (e.g. with sadness); to bury (e.g. in grief)

閉鎖へいさNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #7518
1

closing; closure

Examples
彼らはその学校の閉鎖について討論した。
They debated closing the school.
2

shutdown; lockout

封鎖ふうさNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #9158
1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area)

Examples
この港は封鎖されうる。
The harbor can be blocked.
2

freezing (funds)

連鎖れんさNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #10644
1

chain; series; connection

Examples
世界の熱帯雨林は、この惑星上の生命が形成する生態学的な連鎖の中で、かけがえのない環をなしているのである。
The world's tropical rainforests are critical links in the ecological chain of life on the planet.
2

Genetics

linkage

手錠てじょうてぐさり (手鎖)手鎖NounFreq #12834
1

handcuffs; manacles

Examples
抗議することもできないうちに、僕は手錠をかけられ、留置場に送られていた。
Before I could protest, I was handcuffed and was on my way to prison.
2

手鎖 only; Historical term

confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)

錠じょう鎖鏁NounFreq #13906
1

lock; padlock

Examples
ドアにかんぬきをし、錠をかけた。
We barred the door and locked it.
2

錠 only; Counter

tablet; pill

Examples
ラベルには１回２錠と書いてある。
It says on the label to take two tablets.
鎖骨さこつNounFreq #14753
1

Anatomy

collarbone; clavicle

閉鎖的へいさてき～な Adj.Freq #29941
1

insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

鎖国さこくNounFreq #40554
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners)

Examples
まぁ、日本も鎖国していたわけだしなあ。
Well, after all Japan also cut itself off from the world.
2

Historical term

sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

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