縛

truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

バク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しば.る

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

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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