Japanese Dictionary
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- Reading and JLPT level
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取り囲む, 取囲む, 取りかこむ, とり囲む
- Kana Reading
- とりかこむ
- Romaji
- torikakomu
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to surround; to crowd around
- Example sentence
- 木星の周辺を回っているもっと小さな惑星を見てケプラーは、外出中の王の回りを取り囲む護衛を思いだしたので、それを衛星と名付けたのだ。 The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.
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Examples of 取り囲む, 取囲む, 取りかこむ, とり囲む, とりかこむ in a sentence
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木星の周辺を回っているもっと小さな惑星を見てケプラーは、外出中の王の回りを取り囲む護衛を思いだしたので、それを衛星と名付けたのだ。
The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.
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He was surrounded by the crowd.
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Surrounded by the sea, Japan has a mild climate.
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The enemy troops closed in on the city.
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Tall pine trees make a ring around the lake.
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The English language surrounds us like a sea.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 取り囲む
- Plain Polite
- 取り囲みます
- Negative
- 取り囲まない
- Negative Polite
- 取り囲みません
Past
- Plain
- 取り囲んだ
- Plain Polite
- 取り囲みました
- Negative
- 取り囲まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 取り囲みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 取り囲んで
- Plain Polite
- 取り囲みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 取り囲まれる
- Plain Polite
- 取り囲まれます
- Negative
- 取り囲まれない
- Negative Polite
- 取り囲まれません
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