Kanji 籠 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

薬籠中の物

やくろうちゅうのもの

complete mastery of or over

揺り籠

ゆりかご

cradle

立ち込める

たちこめる

to hang over

立てこもり

たてこもり

shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)

立てこもる

たてこもる

to barricade oneself in

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

篭絡

ろうらく

inveiglement

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

籠の鳥

かごのとり

caged bird

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

籠耳

かごみみ

memory like a sieve

籠手

こて

gauntlet (used in Kendo)

籠城

ろうじょう

holding a castle (during a siege)

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)