1.
cage; pen (for animals or prisoners)
An enclosed structure of bars or wire for confining animals or, by extension, people. Used for zoo animals, livestock, and figuratively for confinement.
ライオンが檻の中で寝ている。
The lion is sleeping inside the cage.
動物園の檻が古くなったので建て直した。
The zoo's cages had gotten old, so they were rebuilt.
彼は自分の部屋にこもりきりで、まるで自分で作った檻に閉じ込められているようだった。
He shut himself in his room, as if trapped in a cage of his own making.
Used for any kind of barred or wire enclosure — zoo cages, animal kennels, and metaphorically for any kind of confinement.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 檻に入れる: to put into a cage
- 檻から出す: to let out of a cage
- 鉄の檻: iron cage
- 檻の中: inside the cage
SIMILAR WORDS:
- ケージ: cage — gairaigo, used for small pet cages (rabbits, hamsters, birds)
- 籠: basket, birdcage — bamboo or wicker, used for small birds and baskets
- 柵: fence — open boundary, not an enclosure
HOMOPHONE:
- 折 (10250): occasion, time, opportunity — completely different word