Vocab Info

N4 う-verb (む), Transitive verb

包(つつ)むto wrap up, to tuck in, to pack, to do up, to cover with, to dress in, to conceal, to hide, to be engulfed in, to be enveloped by

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (む), Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up

      2. 2.

        to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf

        usu. in the passive
      3. 3.

        to conceal (a feeling), to hide

      4. 4.

        to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)

    All Forms

    包む 【つつむ】、裹む 【つつむ】

    Details

      • つ

      • つ

      • む

    • Frequency

      Novels Top 1,000

    Examples

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    • 店員(てんいん):「こちらはプレゼント用(よう)にお包(つつ)みしますか?」

      Shop assistant: 'Shall I wrap this as a present?'

      • N4
    • 愛情(あいじょう)に包(つつ)まれて育(そだ)ったからか、彼女(かのじょ)はとても素直(すなお)ないい子(こ)です。

      Perhaps because she was raised wrapped in love, she is such a sweet and well-behaved child.

      • N4
    • 明日(あした)はピクニックだから、おにぎりを作(つく)ってラップで包(つつ)んでおかないとね。

      Since we're having a picnic tomorrow, we have to make onigiri and wrap them in plastic wrap.

      • N4
    • 黒(くろ)いコートに身(み)を包(つつ)み、帽子(ぼうし)を被(かぶ)ったあの少年(しょうねん)こそが、例(れい)の魔法使(まほうつか)いに違(ちが)いない。

      There's no doubt that it's precisely the boy wrapped in the black coat and wearing the hat who is the aforementioned wizard.

      • N3
    • 伊藤(いとう)先生(せんせい)は明(あか)るくて冗談(じょうだん)ばかり言(い)う人(ひと)なので、彼女(かのじょ)のクラスは一日中(いちにちじゅう)笑(わら)いに包(つつ)まれています。

      Ms. Ito is so cheerful and always telling jokes that her class is filled with laughter all day long. (Wrapped)

      • N3
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