to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
palanquin bearer; sedan chair bearer
nesting; hibernation; shutting oneself in at home; staying at home
interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace
cylindrical bamboo cage for keeping tōmaru fowl; netting-covered bamboo cage used to transport criminals (Edo period)