Word details
立てこもる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 立てこもる.
Dictionary
Entry
1
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to)
2
to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.)
Examples
しかし王女は部屋に立てこもって出てこなかった。
However, the princess had barricaded herself in her room and wouldn't come out.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
立
stand up, rise, set up, erect
5 strokesFrequency 58JLPT N4Grade 1
On
リツリュウリットル
Kun
た.つ-た.つた.ち-た.てる-た.てるた.て-たて--た.て-だ.て-だ.てる
Nanori
たちたったつだてつい
篭
seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
16 strokesFrequency 2,237
On
ロウル
Kun
かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む
Nanori
ごめ
籠
basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
22 strokesGrade 8
On
ロウル
Kun
かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む
Nanori
ごめもり
楯
shield, buckler, pretext
13 strokesGrade 9
On
ジュン
Kun
たて
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