束たば

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ば

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a tied or gathered group of long, thin items such as sticks, flowers, or banknotes. Also used as a counter for such bundles.

花はな屋やでバラを一ひと束たば買かった。

I bought a bunch of roses at the flower shop.

彼かれは薪まきを束たばにして運はこんだ。

He carried the firewood in a bundle.

一いち万まん円えん札さつを一ひと束たば用よう意いしてください。

Please prepare a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills.

〈物もの〉を束たばにするto gather (things) into a bundle
古ふるい雑ざっ誌しを束たばにして紐ひもで縛しばった。
I bundled up the old magazines and tied them with string.
〈物もの〉の束たばa bundle of (something)
テーブルの上うえに手て紙がみの束たばが置おいてあった。
There was a bundle of letters sitting on the table.
束たばで〈動どう詞し〉to buy/sell/handle (something) by the bundle
この花はな屋やでは花はなを束たばで売うっている。
This flower shop sells flowers by the bundle.

房ふさN1
房 refers to a hanging cluster or tuft, such as of grapes or hair, while 束 refers to a bundle of long, thin items tied together, like sticks or banknotes.
把わ
束 is a general counter for bundles or bunches of almost anything, while 把 is specifically used for bundles of long, thin objects like firewood or noodles.

束そく
束 read そく is a distinct counter for uniform bundles of a set number (e.g. ten sheets of paper), while 束 read たば is the general noun and counter for a tied bundle of loose items.
連れん
連 is the counter for items strung together in a line, such as pearls or dried fish, while 束 counts items gathered and tied into a bundle.

The kanji 束 depicts a tied bundle of sticks, reflecting the core meaning. The reading たば is a native Japanese word of uncertain origin.

束たばねる

N1

bundle; tie up in a bundle · govern; manage; control · fold one's arms

two bunches; two bundles

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束たば感かん
neat, bundled look; well-groomed hair or lashes
束たば表ひょう
bundle table
毛け束たば
bundle of hair; hair tuft
竹たけ束たば
bamboo bundle; bundle of bamboo · bamboo shield (historical); bamboo bundle shield
藁わら束たば
bundle of straw; sheaf
鍵かぎ束たば
bunch of keys
麦むぎ束たば
wheat sheaf; sheaf of wheat; stacked wheat
束たば指し標ひょう
bundle index