檻おり

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

cage; pen; jail cell

Refers to a barred enclosure for animals or a prison cell. The context usually makes the specific meaning clear.

〈動どう物ぶつ〉を檻おりに入いれるto put an animal in a cage
飼し育いく員いんはライオンを檻おりに入いれた。
The keeper put the lion in the cage.
檻おりから出でるto get out of a cage/cell
猿さるが檻おりから出でて逃にげてしまった。
The monkey got out of its cage and ran off.
檻おりの中なかに閉とじ込こめるto lock someone/something up inside a cage
囚しゅう人じんは檻おりの中なかに閉とじ込こめられた。
The prisoner was locked up in the cell.
檻おりを破やぶるto break out of a cage
熊くまが檻おりを破やぶって森もりに逃にげた。
The bear broke out of its cage and fled into the forest.

かごN3
籠 is a basket-like cage often made of woven material for small animals, while 檻 is a sturdier barred enclosure for larger animals or prisoners.
牢ろう屋や
牢屋 refers to a whole prison building, whereas 檻 can mean just a single barred cell or cage.
監かん獄ごく
監獄 is the formal word for a prison facility as an institution, while 檻 focuses on the physical barred enclosure itself.
ケージ
檻 is the native Japanese word for a cage or enclosure, often used for larger animals or a prison cell, whereas ケージ is a loanword typically used for smaller pet cages.

折おりN1
折 (おり) is a homophone meaning 'occasion' or 'fold', completely unrelated to 檻 (おり), the barred cage or cell.

檻おりUsage73%
Standard kanji spelling for a cage, pen, or jail cell.
オリUsage22%
おりUsage6%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is considered difficult.

The kanji 檻 means 'cage' or 'bars'. The reading おり is a native Japanese word for a woven or barred enclosure.