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Etymology edit

Compound of 閉じ (toji, closing, shutting, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 閉じる tojiru, “to close, to shut”) +‎ 込める (komeru, to put (into), to force (into)).[1][2]

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Verb edit

()()める (tojikomeruとぢこめる (todikomeru)?transitive ichidan (stem ()() (tojikome), past ()()めた (tojikometa))

  1. To shut something inside, to imprison, to confine.

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN