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N4 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

(くる)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. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

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

    2. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf

      usu. in the passive
    3. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to conceal (a feeling), to hide

    4. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

      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】

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    Examples

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      (ぬの)(くる)まれた書物(しょもつ)遺跡(いせき)から発掘(はっくつ)されました。

      There have been books wrapped in cloth dug up from ruins.

      • N4

      あなたは(にく)をキャベツで(くる)んだキャベツロールを()べたことがありますか?

      Have you ever eaten a cabbage roll with meat wrapped in the cabbage?

      • N4

      (むかし)(ひと)風呂敷(ふろしき)(もの)(くる)んで(かばん)()わりにしていたそうです。

      People in the past used cloths to wrap things and use it as a bag.

      • N4

      産婦人科医(さんふじんかい)()まれたばかりの(あか)(ぼう)をタオルに(くる)んだ

      The obstetrician wrapped the newborn baby in a towel.

      • N3

      (わたし)は「あも」と()ばれる、(もち)(あん)(くる)んだ和菓子(わがし)大好(だいす)きです。

      I love the Japanese confectionary called 'amo', which is mochi wrapped in red bean paste.

      • N3
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