holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
garden lantern; hanging lantern
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer
bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot; soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)
medicine chest (container)
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
(something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
staying at home or indoors; living in seclusion; retirement
complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call
three-legged stone lantern
means of cajolement (trickery)
gabion; cage filled with stones
flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern
complete mastery of or over; at one's beck and call
longing for freedom when tied down; (lit.) caged bird's longing for the open sky
denied freedom (of how to live one's life); (lit.) living like a caged bird
Edo period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; (lit.) lantern sideburns