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立てこもる

立て籠る、 立籠る、 楯籠る、 立て篭る

Reading

Kana: たてこもる
Romaji: tatekomoru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5r
vi
1

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

Kanji

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: ロウ、 ル、 かご、 こ.める、 こも.る、 こ.む
Meanings: basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied
Readings: ジュン、 たて
Meanings: shield, buckler, pretext
Readings: ロウ、 ル、 かご、 こ.める、 こも.る、 こ.む
Meanings: seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Example Sentences

車椅子(くるまいす)女性(じょせい)、スーパーに()てこもる。
➥Woman in a wheelchair holes up in supermarket.
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心配(しんぱい)になって()()くと、(かれ)はデパートのトイレに()てこもって()てこない様子(ようす)でした。
➥When I got worried and went to check on him, it looked like he'd barricaded himself in the department's toilet and wasn't coming out.
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しかし王女(おうじょ)部屋(へや)()てこもって()てこなかった。
➥However, the princess had barricaded herself in her room and wouldn't come out.
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