Word Meaning 籠もる

こもる komoru

籠もる is read as こもる (komoru) and means to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
  2. to be muffled (e.g. voice)
  3. to confine oneself in a temple to pray
  4. to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
  5. to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.)
  6. to be heavy with (e.g. smoke)
  7. to be stuffy
  8. to be dense

Reading

Kana

こもる

Romaji

komoru

Writing Variants

  • 隠る こもる komoru
  • 篭もる こもる komoru
  • 篭る こもる komoru
  • 籠る こもる komoru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 8656 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

かご

basket (shopping, etc.)

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

取り籠る

とりこもる

to seclude oneself

取籠める

とりこめる

to shut in

籠城作戦

ろうじょうさくせん

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

目籠

めかご

openwork bamboo basket

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