隠る: to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room)

隠こもる komoru

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke)

JLPT N1Everyday actions

Kanji in this word

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Example sentences

『葉は隠がくれ』のような書物しょもつには死しを恐おそれない覚悟かくごが説とかれているが、それを当時とうじの侍さむらい全員ぜんいんの実像じつぞうとみなすのは適切てきせつではない。

Books such as Hagakure preach readiness not to fear death, but it would not be appropriate to regard this as the true picture of every samurai of the time.

Related words

隠す隠れる隠岐隠居

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