A bag or sack used to hold things; a pouch (made of paper, cloth, plastic, etc.).
スーパーの袋に野菜を入れて持ち帰った。
I put the vegetables in a supermarket bag and took them home.
古い本は布の袋にしまっておいた。
I stored the old books in a cloth bag.
米袋が二つ、倉庫に積んである。
Two sacks of rice are stacked in the warehouse.
The thin membrane or pouch (the little sac) that wraps the flesh of fruits like oranges (the inner skin).
みかんの袋ごと食べる人もいるが、私は薄皮をむいて食べる。
Some people eat an orange with the little sacs, but I peel off the thin membranes before eating.
手で果実の袋を丁寧に取り除いた。
I carefully removed the fruit's membranes by hand.
A dead end; a place or road that terminates with no through passage (cul-de-sac).
この道は袋になっていて、車で通り抜けられない。
This road is a dead end and cannot be driven through.
地図に袋と書かれている場所は行き止まりだ。
The place marked as 'fukuro' on the map is a dead end.
A parcel of land shaped like a pouch or surrounded by water; a plot encircled by waterways.
川に囲まれた小さな袋のような土地に家が建っている。
A house stands on a small parcel of land surrounded by the river like a pouch.