缶詰(かんづめ)

かんづめ
noun
canned food, canned goods
1. canned food, canned goods
Food preserved in sealed metal containers.
災害(さいがい)用(よう)に缶詰(かんづめ)を備蓄(びちく)している。
I stock canned food for emergencies.
ツナの缶詰(かんづめ)を開(あ)けた。
I opened a can of tuna.
缶詰(かんづめ)は長期(ちょうき)保存(ほぞん)ができるので便利(べんり)だ。
Canned food is convenient because it can be stored for a long time.
2. being shut in, confinement
Colloquially, being confined to a room working intensively without leaving.
締(し)め切(き)り前(まえ)で部屋(へや)に缶詰(かんづめ)になっている。
I'm holed up in my room because of the deadline.
Figurative usage
試験(しけん)前(まえ)は図書館(としょかん)で缶詰(かんづめ)になって勉強(べんきょう)した。
Before exams, I holed up in the library and studied.
作家(さっか)は編集者(へんしゅうしゃ)にホテルに缶詰(かんづめ)にされて原稿(げんこう)を書(か)いた。
The author was shut up in a hotel by the editor and wrote the manuscript.

缶詰(かんづめ) refers to canned/tinned food, but also has a colloquial meaning.

Common expressions:

  • 缶詰(かんづめ)を開(あ)ける (to open a can)
  • 缶詰(かんづめ)食品(しょくひん) (canned food)
  • 缶詰(かんづめ)になる/にする (to be holed up/to hole someone up)

Colloquial usage:

  • 缶詰(かんづめ)状態(じょうたい) (being confined, shut-in state)
  • Often used for intensive work sessions before deadlines

The word combines 缶(かん) (can) + 詰(づ)め (packed/filled).

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Added 2026.1.13 21:17 · Revised 2026.2.19 23:52
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