囲い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
囲
かこ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
圍い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

囲(かこ)い • (kakoi) ←かこひ (kakofi)?

  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 da tte ne.
    I hear they finished the fence on the street over there.
  2. enclosure

Verb

囲(かこ)い • (kakoi) 

  1. Continuative form of 囲う; enclosing.

References
  1. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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