篭
篭: basket
basket; shut oneself in
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Readings
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ロウ・ル
Kunかご・こめる・こもる・こむ
Variant of 籠. Read かご for a basket and こも.る for shutting oneself in; ロウ appears in 篭城 and 灯篭.
Key words
篭かごbasket
篭るこもるto shut oneself in
引き篭もりひきこもりshut-in; social withdrawal
篭城ろうじょうsiege; holing up in a castle
灯篭とうろうgarden lantern
Example sentences
買い物篭にりんごとパンを入れて、レジへ向かった。
I put apples and bread in the shopping basket and headed to the register.
雨の日は、一日中部屋に篭ってゲームをしていた。
On rainy days I stayed shut up in my room playing games all day.
敵に囲まれた兵たちは、食べ物がなくなるまで篭城を続けた。
Surrounded by the enemy, the soldiers held out in the castle until the food ran out.