立てこもる
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to)
2. to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.)
Other spellings
立て篭もる立て籠もる
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
たてこもる
たてこもる
Examples3
しかし
However, the princess had barricaded herself in her room and wouldn't come out.
車椅子
Woman in a wheelchair holes up in supermarket.
心配
When I got worried and went to check on him, it looked like he'd barricaded himself in the department's toilet and wasn't coming out.