Illustration: In a small suburban vegetable garden, a gardener fastens the final section of a low wire fence around a rectangular lettuce bed. The fence already runs along the other three sides, and the gardener's hands are closing the last open corner.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

囲かこう

kakou

to enclose, to surround

Example sentences

  1. ロープがその場所ばしょを囲かこっている。

    Ropes surround the place.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 警官けいかんは、現場げんばの近ちかくをロープで囲かこった。

    The police roped off the street near the spot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. このフレーズは、引用符いんようふで囲かこった方ほうがいいよ。

    You should put this phrase in quotation marks.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 囲

  • 囲surround; besiegeOnイKunかこむ・かこう・かこい

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