独居

どっきょ
solitude
solitary life

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どっきょ【独居】

solitude; a solitary life.

～する live alone [by oneself]; live in solitude; lead a solitary [secluded] life; keep to oneself [one's own company].

●交際を絶って独居する break off all social contacts and keep to oneself.

●独居を楽しむ love solitude; enjoy one's own company.

独居監房 a solitary cell.

独居拘禁 《be kept in》 solitary confinement.

独居性の 【動】 solitary.

●独居性動物 a solitary animal; a hermit.

独居老人 an elderly person who lives [living] alone.