Siege - Rojo

Japanese: 籠城 - ろうじょう

〘 noun 〙① To be surrounded by enemies and barricade yourself in a castle. To stay in a castle and defend it. ※Sono Tairyaku - October 17, 1350, Kan'o 1 "Ishiki Sojujo, Matsuura and Kusano, and others, barricade themselves in the castle as if they were the Shogun's representatives." ② To stay in your house and not go out. To stay in your house and not show your face outside. ※Sanshirō (1908)〈Natsume Soseki〉Volume 7 "So it was a great boast to barricade myself in my lodgings in Paris."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 敵に囲まれて城にたてこもること。城にこもって守ること。※園太暦‐観応元年（1350）一〇月一七日「一色相憑上、松浦輩并草野等、如形籠城、将軍為発向者」② 家にひきこもって外出しないこと。うちにこもっていて外へ顔を出さないこと。※三四郎（1908）〈夏目漱石〉七「是で巴里の下宿に籠城(ロウジャウ)するなんて大威張だったが」

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