縛
縛

truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain

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縛るしばるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #2431
1

to tie; to bind; to fasten

Examples
どろぼうは手足を縛られた。
The thief was bound hand and foot.
2

to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

歯を食いしばる歯を食い縛るはをくいしばるExpressionGodan verbFreq #6793
1

Idiomatic expression

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); to clench one's teeth

Examples
歯を食い縛る、喉元までせりあがった感情を強引に飲み込む。
He grits his teeth and forces back his growing fear.
捕縛ほばくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #10204
1

arrest; apprehension; capture

Examples
警察は密輸のかどで彼を捕縛した。
The police arrested him for smuggling.
束縛そくばくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #11162
1

restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles

Examples
私は一つの会社に束縛されたくない。
I don't want to be tied to one company.
2

Orig. meaning

binding; confinement with rope

呪縛じゅばくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #13306
1

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

縛り付ける縛りつけるしばりつけるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #14436
1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

Examples
彼らは泥棒を木に縛り付けた。
They bound the thief to a tree.
縛り上げる縛りあげるしばりあげるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #16414
1

to bind up; to tie up

Examples
少女たちは縛り上げられて地下室に放置された。
The girls were trussed up and left in a cellar.
縛めいましめ戒めNounFreq #19442
1

bonds; bondage; binding

金縛りかなしばりNounFreq #19919
1

binding hand and foot

2

sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis

3

Colloquial

being tied down with money

縛りしばりNounFreq #21991
1

binding

2

regulation; limit

3

binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

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