Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto 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

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbholding a castle (during a siege); holing up · confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

Nounbracer (arm guard used in archery) · gauntlet (armour) · glove (in kendo or fencing)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbstaying at home or indoors; living in seclusion; retirement

Nounwoven-bamboo pattern

Nounbasketball

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

Nouncaged bird

Nounbasket maker

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

Nounslipping out the back way with swindled goods

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nouncaged bird · person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)

Nounhanging of a palanquin

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

Nounmeans of cajolement (trickery)

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

Noundenied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird

Nounlonging for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' endingto bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto load (a gun, etc.); to charge · to put into (e.g. emotion, effort) · to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)

Nounprison; jail; gaol · firm; solid; strong

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbinveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounthick voice

Nounkagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)