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檻 (おり): cage, pen, jail cell — Japanese vocabulary

檻 is read おり and means "cage, pen, jail cell". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

檻

Reading
おり · ori
Translation
cage, pen, jail cell
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
おりが

Example

おりの中の動物を自由にしてやるべきだ。

おりのなかのどうぶつをじゆうにしてやるべきだ。

You should free those animals from the cage.

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