縛
arrest, bind, restrain, tie, truss
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
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Information
Grade:8
Strokes:16
JLPT:1
Frequency:1764
Vocabulary
バク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 束縛 | ソクバク | restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles; binding; confinement with rope |
| 呪縛 | ジュバク | spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell |
| 緊縛 | キンバク | binding tightly; tight binding; (sexual) bondage |
| 自縄自縛 | ジジョウジバク | being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard |
| 自縛 | ジバク | being circumscribed by one's own words and actions |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 縛り首 | しばりくび | (death by) hanging |
| 縛る | しばる | to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter |
| 金縛り | かなしばり | binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money |
| 歯を食い縛る | はをくいしばる | to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); to clench one's teeth |
| 自縄自縛に陥る | じじょうじばくにおちいる | to be caught in one's own trap |
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