Word Meaning 楯籠り

たてこもり tatekomori

楯籠り is read as たてこもり (tatekomori) and means shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
  2. barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged
  3. holing up (in a building)

Reading

Kana

たてこもり

Romaji

tatekomori

Writing Variants

  • 立てこもり たてこもり tatekomori
  • 立て篭り たてこもり tatekomori
  • 立て籠り たてこもり tatekomori

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 158341 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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楯籠る

たてこもる

to barricade oneself in

楯突く

たてつく

to defy

夜籠り

よごもり

the dead of night

かご

basket (shopping, etc.)

籠もる

こもる

to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)

手提籠

てさげかご

handbasket

革籠

かわご

baskets wrapped in paper, bark or skin

射籠手

いごて

archer's bracer

目籠

めかご

openwork bamboo basket

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

籠城作戦

ろうじょうさくせん

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