Lingaku罠【わな】
Frequency rank: 1,818. – 1,821.
- snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.)
- trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.)
- trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
This meaning refers to a physical device used for catching animals, typically set in the wild to capture game.
This meaning indicates a figurative trap, which may involve deception or trickery to ensnare someone in a situation from which they cannot easily escape.
Generated collocations (experimental)
わなにかかる罠にかかるto get caught in a trapわな罠をしかける仕掛けるto set a trapわな罠をようい用意するto prepare a trapわな罠にひっかかる引っかかるto fall into a trapわな罠をだっしゅつ脱出するto escape from a trapせいしんてき精神的なわな罠mental trapきけん危険なわな罠dangerous trapこうみょう巧妙なわな罠clever trapわな罠をさける避けるto avoid a trapわな罠をみぬく見抜くto see through a trapわなをかける罠をかけるto lay a trapこうみょう巧妙にわな罠をしかける仕掛けるto skillfully set a trap
Example sentences
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I think it is cruel to trap animals for fur coats.
Insect-eating plants are equipped with various kinds of traps to catch insects.
There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.
"Watch out for the trap!" she screamed.