かこ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)
1. to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in
2. to besiege; to lay siege to
3. to play (go, shogi, etc.)
Kanji used
surround
Pitch accent
こむ
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
to surround; to crowd around
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
to have a meal together; to sit at table
Examples (32 in total)
The village is surrounded by mountains.
Japan is surrounded by the ocean.
The house was surrounded by fields.
The teacher was surrounded by her students.
The pond was encircled with trees.
The church is surrounded by woods and lakes.
She sat surrounded by her children.
I want to live surrounded by books.
He sat surrounded by his family.
The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.
She was always surrounded by high-quality goods.
A thick hedge surrounded the garden.
Tokyo is surrounded by many satellite cities.
I saw them surrounding him.
He was sitting surrounded by the students.
He sat surrounded by his children.
In Japan, you are surrounded by beauty.
He likes being surrounded by young people.
We stayed at a hotel surrounded by trees.
An old man sat surrounded by his grandchildren.
Japan is a country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
Our school is surrounded by a healthy environment.
Japan is a country that is surrounded on all sides by the ocean.
Surrounded by the sea, Japan has a mild climate.
Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
You should put this phrase in parentheses.
Japan is a maritime nation surrounded on all sides by ocean.
He sat surrounded by young girls.
With so many people around he naturally became a bit nervous.
The lake was ringed by a fence, apparently for health and safety reasons.
The lake is surrounded by green hills.
The robber stood surrounded by ten policemen.