缶かん詰づめ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

canned food; tinned food

Refers to food preserved in a can. Also used attributively with の.

• 災さい害がいに備そなえて缶かん詰づめを買かい置おきしている。

  I keep a stock of canned food in case of disaster.

• 缶かん詰づめのフルーツで簡かん単たんなデザートを作つくった。

  I made a simple dessert using canned fruit.

noun

confining someone; keeping someone cooped up

Used in the pattern 缶詰にする to mean deliberately confining someone, often so they can focus on a task. Figurative extension of being sealed in a can.

• 締しめ切きり前まえは、編へん集しゅう者しゃが作さっ家かをホテルに缶かん詰づめにして原げん稿こうを書かかせることもある。

  Before a deadline, editors sometimes confine writers to a hotel room to make them write their manuscripts.

noun

being stuck in a confined space; being cooped up

Used in the pattern 缶詰になる to describe being stuck in a small or crowded space, such as a packed train or a room with no escape.

• 満まん員いん電でん車しゃで缶かん詰づめになって身み動うごきが取とれなかった。

  I was packed like a sardine in the crowded train and couldn't move.