かご

Basket, cage

N3noun·kago

How to remember it

竹 radical hints at woven bamboo baskets; a container that holds things.

Example sentences

  • 母は市場で野菜を籠に入れた。

    はははいちばでやさいをかごにいれた。

    My mother put vegetables in a basket at the market.

  • 鳥が籠の中で歌っている。

    とりがかごのなかでうたっている。

    A bird is singing inside the cage.

Usage

Counted with 個; woven baskets are distinct from rigid boxes.

Related words

竹籠鳥籠

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