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)

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

Nounprison; jail; gaol · firm; solid; strong

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

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

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.), Nounthick voice

Nounkagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)

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