囲み
Meanings
1
Refers to a physical or visual enclosure, such as a fenced area, a box drawn around text, or a bordered section in a document.
I read the boxed article in the newspaper.
A lion is sleeping inside the enclosure at the zoo.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に囲みをつけるto put a box/border around something
I put a box around the important word to emphasize it.
- 〈事〉を囲みにするto present (an article, item) as a boxed feature
The article was set off in a box on the page to make it stand out.
- 囲みを解くto lift a siege
The enemy forces finally lifted the siege and withdrew.
- 囲みに陥るto fall into a siege/encirclement
The troops ended up falling into the enemy's encirclement.
Expressions
- 囲みを破るbreak through a siege; break out of an encirclement