糸

sewing thread; suture

silk industry

fishing line

Biology

leptotene

cotton yarn; cotton thread

stretching out a string; stretching out like a string

silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner

pulling someone's strings

appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)

Euphemistic

menstruation

colored thread; coloured thread; thread of cat's cradle; heddle thread

cloth woven from twisted silk yarn

thin strips of raw fish and squid

dyed thread or yarn

(traditional Japanese) musical instruments

droopy-branch cherry tree

Anatomy

glomerulus

(flower's) filament

silk reeling machine

reeled thread

bottom rim of earthenware cup

marionette manipulation

tsumugi silk yarn; (spun) silk noil yarn

spun thread; spun yarn (silk, wool, cotton, etc.)

braid; braided thread or cord

third string (of a shamisen, etc.)

kanji "thread" radical at left

Colloquial

textile industry

thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)