束

Meaning

束 centers on gathering things together and binding them into a single unit: a bundle, sheaf, or ream. The ideas of governing, managing, and controlling extend naturally from the image of holding things tightly together.

• 約束やくそく
  N5

  promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact

• 拘束こうそく
  N1

  restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

• 束たば
  N3

  bundle; bunch; sheaf

• 花束はなたば
  N1

  bunch of flowers; bouquet

• 収束しゅうそく

  conclusion; resolution; settling (e.g. of a dispute); returning to normal

• 束縛そくばく
  N1

  restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles

• 結束けっそく
  N1

  union; unity; solidarity

• 札束さつたば

  bundle of banknotes; stack of bills

• 束ねたばね

  bundle; control; management

• 装束しょうぞく

  costume; dress; attire

• 束ねるたばねる
  N1

  to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe

• 約束事やくそくごと

  promise; vow; engagement

• 二束三文にそくさんもん

  dirt cheap; very cheap

• 口約束くちやくそく

  verbal promise; one's word

• 覚束ないおぼつかない

  uncertain; doubtful; unpromising

• 白装束しろしょうぞく

  white clothing

• 黒装束くろしょうぞく

  black clothes

• 磁束じそく

  magnetic flux

• 約束通りやくそくどおり

  as promised

• 約束手形やくそくてがた

  promissory note

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