束ねる

たばねる

Also written つかねる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe
2. to govern; to manage; to control; to administer
3. to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands) See also: 手を束ねる (てをつかねる).

Kanji

• 束 bundle. Read as たばねる.

Example sentences

• 彼女は髪を丸く束ねている。
  She wears her hair in a bun.
• 本はひとまとめに束ねてあった。
  The books were tied up in a bundle.
• 彼は衣服を紐で束ねた。
  He bound the clothes together with a string.
• 髪を束ねて、気合入れて、さぁ始めよう！
  Tie up your hair! Get in the fighting spirit! Right, let's begin!

Common phrases

• 髪を束ねる
• 後ろで束ねる

Words containing 束ねる

• 束ね積む (たばねつむ) to shock (grain)
• 藁で束ねても男は男 (わらでたばねてもおとこはおとこ) rich or poor, a man is a man

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