囲い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
囲
かこ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

囲い (hiragana かこい, rōmaji kakoi, historical hiragana かこひ)

  1. fence; wall (especially enclosing)
    向 (む)こうの通 (とお)りに囲 (かこ)いができたんだってね。
    Mukō no tōri ni kakoi ga dekita n datte ne.
    I hear they finished the fence on the street over there.
  2. enclosure

Verb

囲い (hiragana かこい, rōmaji kakoi)

  1. Continuative form of 囲う; enclosing.

References
  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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