Meanings
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
Kanji used
basket [simplified]
Pitch accent
Top 41200
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
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