立たち込こめる

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

hang over; shroud; envelop; fill the air

Describes smoke, mist, fog, clouds, or a heavy atmosphere spreading and lingering over an area. Often used for natural phenomena or a tense mood.

朝あさ、深ふかい霧きりが町まちに立たち込こめていた。
In the morning, a thick fog hung over the town.

部屋へやにはタバコの煙けむりが立たち込こめている。

Cigarette smoke fills the room.

会かい議ぎ室しつには重おも苦くるしい空くう気きが立たち込こめていた。

A heavy atmosphere hung over the conference room.

Written forms

立たち込こめるUsage23%
Standard kanji spelling.
たちこめるUsage43%
立たちこめるUsage31%
Variant with okurigana こめる instead of 込める.
立たち籠こめるUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 籠.
たち込こめるUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form with kana for 立ち.
立たち罩こめるUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only rare kanji form.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
込crowded, mixture, in bulk
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
罩

Similar words

覆おおう
覆う means to cover or conceal something, often with a physical object or abstractly. 立ち込める focuses on something like smoke or fog spreading and lingering in the air.
漂ただよう
漂う means to drift or float in the air or water, often with a sense of gentle movement. 立ち込める implies a denser, more stationary presence that fills an area.

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (continuative form of 立つ 'to stand, rise') + 込める (to put into, to fill). The combination suggests something rising and filling a space, hence 'to hang over, envelop'.

fish basket kept in water