立たてこもる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

shut oneself in; confine oneself

Staying inside a room, house, etc., often for a long time, by one's own will. Can imply withdrawal from society or refusal to come out.

• 彼かれは部屋へやに立たてこもって誰だれにも会あおうとしなかった。

  He shut himself in his room and refused to see anyone.

• 犯はん人にんは自じ宅たくに立たてこもっている。

  The suspect is barricaded inside his own home.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

barricade oneself; hole up; entrench

Fortifying a position, often in a building, to resist an attack or siege. Used in crime reports, military contexts, or figurative resistance.

• 武ぶ装そうした男おとこが銀ぎん行こうに立たてこもった。

  An armed man barricaded himself inside the bank.

• 敵てき軍ぐんは城しろに立たてこもって抵てい抗こうを続つづけた。

  The enemy forces holed up in the castle and continued their resistance.