綱

Meaning

綱 centers on a strong, thick rope or cable that binds or leads. The biological class sense extends this idea to a major grouping that ties related organisms together.

• 横綱よこづな
  N1

  yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion

• 綱つな
  N2

  rope; cord; line

• 命綱いのちづな

  lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

• 要綱ようこう

  main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

• 手綱たづな

  reins; bridle

• 綱引きつなひき

  tug of war

• 綱渡りつなわたり
  N1

  tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism

• 綱領こうりょう

  general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

• 大綱たいこう

  fundamental principles; main lines

• 飯綱いいずな

  least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

• 飯綱いづな

  izuna; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses

• 綱手つなで

  mooring rope

• 綱紀こうき

  law and order; (official) discipline

• 綱紀粛正こうきしゅくせい

  enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

• もやい綱もやいづな

  mooring line; mooring rope; painter

• クモ綱クモこう

  Arachnida

• グネツム綱グネツムこう

  Gnetopsida (class of gymnosperms)

• フデイシ綱フデイシこう

  Graptolithina (class of extinct hemichordates)

• 三綱さんこう

  three bonds (in Confucianism: master and servant, father and son, husband and wife)

• 三綱さんごう

  three monastic positions with management roles at a temple

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