Japanese

じこめる

とじこめる
Meaning: to shut in, to confine
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 閉じこめる 閉じこめない
Polite 閉じこめます 閉じこめません
Past 閉じこめた 閉じこめなかった
Polite + Past 閉じこめました 閉じこめませんでした
Te-form 閉じこめて 閉じこめなくて
Potential 閉じこめられる 閉じこめられない
Passive 閉じこめられる 閉じこめられない
Causative 閉じこめさせる 閉じこめさせない
Imperative 閉じこめろ 閉じこめるな

Handwriting

閉
じ
こ
め
る

Example

He shut himself in his room.

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