Illustration: Inside a Japanese apartment, an adult in comfortable house clothes slides their bedroom door almost shut, leaving only their face and one hand visible in the narrowing opening. Beyond them, the room contains a floor cushion, a teapot, stacked unmarked books, and a partly assembled model.

こもる

komoru

to shut oneself in

Example sentences

彼かれは、よく書斎しょさいにこもって、こういうものを書かきます。
He often shuts himself up in the study and writes things like this.
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家いえにこもることにした。
I decided to stay home.
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トイレにこもってゲームするのやめてくれないかな。
Can you stop hiding in the toilet to play games?
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