かこむ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)
1. to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in
This town is surrounded by a forest.
2. to besiege; to lay siege to
The enemy army laid siege to the castle.
3. to play (go, shogi, etc.)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
Examples (53 in total)
Japan is surrounded by the ocean.
The village is surrounded by mountains.
The house was surrounded by fields.
I am surrounded by luxury furniture.
A huge army besieged the town.
I want to live surrounded by books.
It is a small village surrounded by walls.
This town is surrounded by a forest.
The enemy army laid siege to the castle.
The teacher was surrounded by her students.
The church is surrounded by woods and lakes.
She sat surrounded by her children.
The lake is surrounded by green hills.
The pond was encircled with trees.
Kai was a province surrounded by mountains.
Once surrounded, the criminal gave up right away.
He sat surrounded by his family.
The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.
She was always surrounded by high-quality goods.
A thick hedge surrounded the garden.
Tokyo is surrounded by many satellite cities.
I saw them surrounding him.
He was sitting surrounded by the students.
He sat surrounded by his children.
He likes being surrounded by young people.
We stayed at a hotel surrounded by trees.
In Japan, you are surrounded by beauty.
He sat surrounded by his grandchildren.
I drew a red box around the important parts.
Japan is a country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
The castle was besieged by the enemy for three months.
Our school is surrounded by a healthy environment.
No, this is a park surrounded by residences.
Japan is a country that is surrounded on all sides by the ocean.
Surrounded by the sea, Japan has a mild climate.
Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
You should put this phrase in parentheses.
Japan is a maritime nation surrounded on all sides by ocean.
He sat surrounded by young girls.
The women are seated surrounding it.
If you make any conspicuous moves, you will be surrounded by those around you in an instant.
This isn't the walled garden of the palace, you know.
The robber stood surrounded by ten policemen.
The concrete wall around the factory was crumbling in places.
A moat was dug all the way around the town.
We were surrounded so completely that there was absolutely no chance to escape.
I chose a place surrounded by flowers with weak scents, as much as possible.
With so many people around he naturally became a bit nervous.
The town is surrounded by a sturdy wall about eight meters high.
There is a wall that surrounds a space of considerable size.
It's surrounded by forest, has plenty of water, and there are animals to hunt.
A fence of roughly woven old bamboo ran all the way around the garden.
The lake was ringed by a fence, apparently for health and safety reasons.