Word details

綱渡り

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 綱渡り.

Dictionary

Entry

綱渡りなわたりNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #23156
1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism

Examples
彼女は網を張らないで綱渡りに挑んだ。
She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.
2

Idiomatic expression

treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable

14 strokesFrequency 1,053JLPT N1Grade 8

On

コウ

Kun

つな

transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate

12 strokesFrequency 446JLPT N2Grade 8

On

Kun

わた.る-わた.るわた.す

Nanori

たりわたなわたらわたり

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