- 閉じ籠る
- とじこもる【閉じ籠る】confine oneself to [in] 《a room》; closet oneself in 《one's office》; shut oneself up; be confined [closeted] in 《one's room》; keep 《the house》; remain [keep] indoors; stay cooped up inside.
●終日部屋に閉じこもる stay in one's room all day long
・家にばかり閉じこもっている人[子供たち] a person who stays [children who stay] at home all the time
・僧院に閉じこもる cloister oneself in a monastery
・自分の殻に閉じこもる withdraw into one's shell.
●風邪をひいたのでしばらく家に閉じこもっていた. I caught a cold so I stayed home for a few days.
・うちの子は部屋に閉じこもってテレビゲームばかりやっている. My child stays at home and does nothing but play video games.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.