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結び • (musubi)
- [759] a tie, a knot, a bow
- a knot bow on the back obi
- [1170] 掬び: a scoop of water in both hands
- [1684] a tie or bind between two people
- [1692] a grilled rice ball
- Synonym: 焼き飯 (yakimeshi)
- [1715] a rice ball compressed in both hands
- Synonyms: お結び (omusubi), お握り (onigiri), 握り飯 (nigirimeshi)
- [1905] a conclusion, an end of a story, a tying up, a tying up of loose ends
- Synonyms: 終わり (owari), 結末 (ketsumatsu), 帰結 (kiketsu)
- Antonym: 始まり (hajimari)
- (set theory) a union
- Synonyms: 合併集合 (gappei shūgō), 和集合 (wa shūgō)
- Antonym: 交わり (majiwari)
- (databases) a join
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 結び合う (musubiau)
- 結びの神 (musubinokami): in pop culture, a kami of matchmaking, love and marriage
- 縁結び (enmusubi): matchmaking
- 朝顔結び (asaga omusubi): morning glory bow
- 菖蒲結び (ayame musubi): iris bow
- 薔薇結び (bara musubi): rose bow
- 蝶蝶結び (chōchō musubi): butterfly bow
- だらり結び (darari musubi): dangling bow
- ふくら雀結び (fukura suzume musubi): puffed sparrow bow
- 貝の口結び (kai no kuchi musubi): clam's mouth bow
- 駒結び (koma musubi): foal bow
- 太鼓結び (taiko musubi): drum bow
- 二重太鼓結び (nijūdaiko musubi): two-layer drum bow
- 立て矢結び (tateya musubi): standing arrow bow
- 鷲草結び (washikusa musubi): eagle plant bow
References
Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN