囲い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
囲
かこ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
圍い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かこい [kàkóí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞i]

Noun

囲(かこ)い • (kakoi) ^{←かこひ (kakofi)^?}

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.
enclosure

Verb

囲(かこ)い • (kakoi)

stem or continuative form of 囲う (kakō) [godan]: enclosing

References

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