JLPT N1 · Verb

籠もる (komoru)

籠もる (こもる, komoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こもる
Romaji: komoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to infuse with · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · oft. as ...のこもったもの
to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to be muffled (e.g. of a voice) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼は、よく書斎にこもって、こういうものを書きます。

He often shuts himself up in the study and writes things like this.

Tatoeba #147419

彼は私に愛情のこもった手紙をくれた。

He sent me an affectionate letter.

Tatoeba #106127

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 籠もる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	籠もる	こもる komoru
Polite (~masu)	籠もります	こもります komorimasu
Negative	籠もらない	こもらない komoranai
Polite negative	籠もりません	こもりません komorimasen
Past	籠もった	こもった komotta
Polite past	籠もりました	こもりました komorimashita
Negative past	籠もらなかった	こもらなかった komoranakatta
Te-form	籠もって	こもって komotte
Potential	籠もれる	こもれる komoreru
Passive	籠もられる	こもられる komorareru
Causative	籠もらせる	こもらせる komoraseru
Volitional	籠もろう	こもろう komorou
Imperative	籠もれ	こもれ komore
Conditional (~ba)	籠もれば	こもれば komoreba

Kanji in 籠もる

籠

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneselfロウ・ル・かご・こ.める · 22 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 籠もる.

籠かごbasket (shopping, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1593430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.