立て籠もる

• 読み: たてこもる
• ローマ字: tatekomoru
• 漢字の分解: 立 (ritsu/ta) — to stand, erect | 籠 (rou/ko) — basket, cage, to be confined
• 発音: /ta.te.ko.mo.ɾɯ/

意味

To barricade oneself in; to hole up; to shut oneself in and refuse to come out.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb from 立てる (to set up, to erect) and 籠もる (to shut oneself in, to be confined). It describes the act of fortifying a position and refusing to leave or surrender — used literally for hostage situations, sieges, and protests (occupying a building), and figuratively for a person refusing to come out of their room or engage with the outside world.

例文

1. 武装した男が銀行に立て籠もり、警察は数時間にわたって説得を続けた。
2. 引きこもりの息子は自室に立て籠もったまま、親とも口をきこうとしなかった。
3. 歴史上、城兵が城に立て籠もって敵軍の長期包囲に耐えた例は数多い。

使い方ガイド

場面: crime, protest, history, social withdrawal

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Compound of 立てる (to set up, establish) and 籠もる (to shut in, be enclosed; related to 籠 'basket/cage'). The image is of constructing a defensive barrier and remaining enclosed within it.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Present

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal