籠かごの鳥とり

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Meanings

1

expression, noun

caged bird

Literal meaning: a bird kept in a cage. Also used metaphorically for a person confined or lacking freedom.

籠かごの鳥とりは外そとの世せ界かいを知しらない。
A caged bird does not know the outside world.

2

expression, noun

person whose freedom is restricted; kept woman

idiomatic expression

Idiomatic use referring to a person, especially a woman (prostitute, mistress, concubine), whose life is controlled and confined by someone else.

彼かの女じょはまるで籠かごの鳥とりのような生せい活かつを送おくっていた。
She lived a life just like a caged bird.