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取りこめる (とりこめる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

取とりこめる

と

り

こ

め

る

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

shut in; confine; surround

Used for physically enclosing someone or something, often with a nuance of trapping or keeping inside against their will.

犯はん人にんは人ひと質じちを部屋へやに取とりこめた。
The criminal confined the hostage in the room.
敵てき軍

ぐん

が

城しろ

を

取と

りこめ

て

攻せ

め

込こ

ん

だ

。

The enemy army surrounded the castle and attacked.

Written forms

取とりこめる
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
取とり籠こめるUsage100%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself

Similar words

閉とじ込こめる
閉じ込める focuses on shutting someone/something inside a closed space, while 取りこめる emphasizes surrounding or trapping more broadly.
囲かこむ
囲む is a general verb for surrounding, without the nuance of confinement or trapping that 取りこめる carries.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, continuative form of 取る 'to take') + こめる (komeru, 'to confine, lock up'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of surrounding and confining.