こもる – Vocabulary details

こもる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)

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

3. to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense

4. to be muffled (e.g. voice)

5. to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

6. to confine oneself in a temple to pray

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to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

家いえにこもって本ほんが読よみたい。

I want to stay at home and read a book.

老ろう婦ふ人じんは子こ供どもたちに愛あい情じょうのこもった手てを差さし伸のべた。

The old woman extended a loving hand to the children.

彼かれは、よく書しょ斎さいにこもって、こういうものを書かきます。

He often shuts himself up in the study and writes things like this.

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