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立てこもる (たてこもる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

立たてこもる

also: たてごもる

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

shut oneself in; confine oneself

Staying inside a room, house, etc., often for a long time, by one's own will. Can imply withdrawal from society or refusal to come out.

彼かれは部屋へやに立たてこもって誰だれにも会あおうとしなかった。
He shut himself in his room and refused to see anyone.
犯はん人にんは自じ宅たくに立たてこもっている

。

The suspect is barricaded inside his own home.

2

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

barricade oneself; hole up; entrench

Fortifying a position, often in a building, to resist an attack or siege. Used in crime reports, military contexts, or figurative resistance.

武ぶ装そうした男おとこが銀ぎん行こうに立たてこもった。
An armed man barricaded himself inside the bank.
敵てき軍ぐんは城しろに立たてこもって抵てい抗こうを続つづけた。
The enemy forces holed up in the castle and continued their resistance.

Written forms

立たてこもるUsage34%
Standard modern spelling.
たてこもるUsage40%
立たて籠こもるUsage13%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not standard.
立て籠もるUsage12%
- たてこもる
  Variant using 籠 (traditional).
- たてごもる
  rarely-used kana form
立たて籠こもるUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not standard.
立て篭もるUsage1%
- たてこもる
  Variant using 篭 (common in news).
- たてごもる
  rarely-used kana form
立たて籠こもるUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not standard.
楯籠る
rarely-used kanji form
- たてごもる
  rarely-used kana form
  Rare kanji form with voiced reading たてごもる.
- たてこもる
楯たて籠ごもる
Search-only form; not standard.
盾たて籠ごもる
Search-only form; not standard.
たてごもる
rarely-used kana form

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
篭seclude oneself, cage, coop
楯

Similar words

閉とじこもる
閉じこもる simply means staying inside without the nuance of barricading or resisting; 立てこもる implies a defensive or defiant stance.
籠ろう城じょう
籠城 is a noun/suru-verb meaning holding a castle or being besieged; 立てこもる is the verb for the act of barricading oneself.

Etymology

Compound of 立てる (tateru, 'to set up') + 籠もる (komoru, 'to shut oneself in'). The kanji 楯 (tate, 'shield') in rare forms reflects the defensive nuance.

shield, buckler, pretext