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閉じ込める · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

To forcibly keep someone or something inside a space, preventing escape. Used for locking people in rooms, trapping animals, or confining emotions.

〈人ひと〉を〈場ば所しょ〉に閉とじ込こめるto lock someone up in a place
犯はん人にんは被ひ害がい者しゃを地ち下か室しつに閉とじ込こめた。
The criminal locked the victim in the basement.
〈人ひと〉が〈場ば所しょ〉に閉とじ込こめられるto be trapped or stranded in a place
大おお雪ゆきで登と山ざん者しゃが山やま小ご屋やに閉とじ込こめられた。
The climbers were trapped in the mountain hut by the heavy snow.
〈事こと〉を心こころに閉とじ込こめるto bottle up a feeling or thought inside oneself
彼かの女じょは悲かなしみを心こころに閉とじ込こめて笑え顔がおを見みせた。
She bottled up her sadness inside and put on a smile.

監かん禁きんN1
監禁する is a formal/legal term for unlawfully confining a person, while 閉じ込める is the general everyday verb for shutting someone or something inside.
幽ゆう閉へい
幽閉する is a literary word for secluding someone in isolation for a long time, whereas 閉じ込める is more concrete and can describe short-term or physical trapping.
拘こう束そくN1
拘束する means to restrain or restrict someone's freedom (not necessarily by enclosing them in a space), while 閉じ込める specifically means to shut someone inside a place.

解かい放ほうN2
解放する means to release or set free, the direct opposite of 閉じ込める, which means to lock someone or something in.

閉とじるN3
閉じる simply means to close something like a door or book, while 閉じ込める adds the sense of trapping something or someone inside after closing.
閉しめるN5
閉める is the general verb for shutting doors, windows, or shops, while 閉じ込める specifically means to confine someone or something by closing them in.

Compound of 閉じる (tojiru, 'to close') + 込める (komeru, 'to put inside'). The combination yields the meaning 'to close something inside.'