1.
trap, snare (for animals)
A device used to catch animals, such as a snare, pitfall, or cage trap.
罠を仕掛ける。
To set a trap.
猟師が山に罠を仕掛けた。
The hunter set traps in the mountains.
野生のイノシシが罠にかかった。
A wild boar was caught in a trap.
2.
trap, trick, scheme (for people)
A scheme or deceptive situation designed to catch someone off guard, lure them into trouble, or deceive them.
罠にはまった。
I fell into a trap.
甘い言葉は罠かもしれない。
Sweet words might be a trap.
詐欺師の罠に気をつけてください。
Please be careful of the scammer's traps.
罠 means a trap or snare, used both literally (for catching animals) and figuratively (a scheme to deceive someone).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 罠を仕掛ける: to set a trap
- 罠にかかる: to get caught in a trap
- 罠にはまる: to fall into a trap
- 罠に落ちる: to fall into a trap
- 罠を見破る: to see through a trap
- 罠を逃れる: to escape a trap
USAGE:
The figurative sense (sense 2) is very common in everyday speech. Often written in hiragana as わな in casual contexts.
RELATED:
- 落とし穴: pitfall, booby trap
- 策略: scheme, stratagem
- 騙す: to deceive