Dictionary: “籠”

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)

to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.);to imbue with;to infuse with

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

to be muffled (e.g. voice)

to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

to confine oneself in a temple to pray

to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon

hanging of a palanquin

caged bird

holding a castle (during a siege);holing up

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

staying at home or indoors;living in seclusion;retirement

basket maker

bracer (arm guard used in archery)

slipping out the back way with swindled goods

pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

basketball

woven-bamboo pattern

"bird-in-the-cage" children's game

means of cajolement (trickery)

memory like a sieve;going in one ear and out the other

caged bird

longing for freedom when tied down

denied freedom (of how to live one's life)

person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)

confinement (to one's home);staying at home;staying indoors

gauntlet (armour)

glove (in kendo or fencing)

strike to the forearm (in kendo)

prison;jail;gaol

to load (a gun, etc.);to charge

thick voice

kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)

inveiglement;cajolement;wheedling;enticement

slipping out the back way with swindled goods

firm;solid;strong

to put into (e.g. emotion, effort)

to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)

to hang over;to shroud;to enshroud;to envelop;to screen

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)

to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.);to imbue with;to infuse with

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

to be muffled (e.g. voice)

to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

to confine oneself in a temple to pray