木に竹を接ぐ きにたけをつぐ Meanings Expression, Godan verb to sew a fox's skin to the lion's (literally: to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree) Kanji 木 tree. Read as き. 竹 bamboo. Read as たけ. 接 contact. Read as つぐ. Word lists Idioms Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists