くるむ

kurumu

to be engulfed in
to be enveloped by
to wrap up

godan verbtransitive

Also written 包む

Chinese meanings

包裹；包住

Examples

赤ちゃんを毛布にくるんだ。
I wrapped the baby in a blanket.
我把婴儿裹在毯子里。
贈り物を紙でくるみました。
I wrapped the gift in paper.
我用纸包好了礼物。

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('209e53b171'); // くるむ

{
  "id": "209e53b171",
  "word": "くるむ",
  "reading": "くるむ",
  "romaji": "kurumu",
  "meanings": [
    "to be engulfed in",
    "to be enveloped by",
    "to wrap up"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5m",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 2831360,
  "other_forms": [
    "包む"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "赤ちゃんを毛布にくるんだ。",
      "en": "I wrapped the baby in a blanket."
    },
    {
      "ja": "贈り物を紙でくるみました。",
      "en": "I wrapped the gift in paper."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "87299bb7f629f6d57759713740cb690e6ce98cd2d572236ef8b890b873170201",
    "meanings": [
      "包裹",
      "包住"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "赤ちゃんを毛布にくるんだ。",
        "zh": "我把婴儿裹在毯子里。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "贈り物を紙でくるみました。",
        "zh": "我用纸包好了礼物。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/209e53b171",
      "JMdict ent_seq 2831360; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "d29deec572fd326387102fe34f6a7f32f817e4a35ede8949564e464adf6f9819"
  }
}