Kanji 籠 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

編みかご

あみかご

wicker basket

編みのかご

あみのかご

wicker basket

抱き篭

だきかご

bamboo wife

盆灯籠

ぼんとうろう

Bon Festival lantern

目籠

めかご

openwork bamboo basket

夜籠み

よごみ

night attack

夜籠り

よごもり

the dead of night

薬籠

やくろう

medicine chest (container)

薬籠中の物

やくろうちゅうのもの

complete mastery of or over

立ちこめる

たちこめる

to hang over

旅籠

はたご

basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies

旅籠屋

はたごや

hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)

恋い籠る

こいこもる

to cause heartache because of a (hidden) love

牢

ろう

firm

炙り子

あぶりこ

basket made of bamboo or wire mesh (for drying clothes, cooking rice cakes, etc.)

籠で水を汲む

かごでみずをくむ

to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon

籠の垂れ

かごのたれ

hanging of a palanquin

籠屋

かごや

basket maker

籠球

ろうきゅう

basketball

籠居

ろうきょ

staying at home or indoors

籠城作戦

ろうじょうさくせん

strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)

籠鳥

ろうちょう

caged bird

籠鳥恋雲

ろうちょうれんうん

longing for freedom when tied down

籠鳥檻猿

ろうちょうかんえん

denied freedom (of how to live one's life)

籠抜け

かごぬけ

slipping out the back way with swindled goods

籠枕

かごまくら

pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

籠目

かごめ

woven-bamboo pattern

籠目籠目

かごめかごめ

"bird-in-the-cage" children's game

籠絡手段

ろうらくしゅだん

means of cajolement (trickery)