結むすび付つき

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

connection; link; relation

Refers to a bond, tie, or relationship between people, things, or ideas. Often implies a meaningful or causal connection.

両りょう国こくには深ふかい経けい済ざい的てきな結むすび付つきがある。
There is a deep economic connection between the two countries.
この事じ件けんと彼かれの過か去この行こう動どうには何なにか結むすび付つきがあると思おもう。
I think there is some link between this incident and his past behavior.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉と〈物もの〉の結むすびつきがあるthere is a connection between A and B
食しょく生せい活かつと健けん康こうの結むすびつきがある。
There is a connection between diet and health.
結むすびつきが強つよいthe bond/connection is strong
二ふたつの企き業ぎょうの結むすびつきが強つよい。
The connection between the two companies is strong.
結むすびつきを深ふかめるto deepen a connection/bond
交こう流りゅうを通つうじて両りょう国こくの結むすびつきを深ふかめた。
They deepened the bond between the two countries through exchange.
結むすびつきを持もつto have a connection (with something)
彼かれはその事じ件けんと結むすびつきを持もっていた。
He had a connection with that incident.

Kanji

結tie, bind, contract
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

関かん係けいN4
関係 is a broad, neutral word for any relationship or involvement, while 結び付き stresses a concrete, often meaningful bond that has formed between people or things.
つながりN2
つながり is the casual, everyday word for a connection or link, whereas 結び付き sounds more formal and is often used for abstract or causal relationships.
関かん連れんN3
関連 focuses on how two things are related or relevant to each other, while 結び付き implies an actual bond or tie has been established between them.
絆きずな
絆 carries a warmer, emotional sense of a bond between people, while 結び付き is more neutral and can describe connections between things, ideas, or people.
結むすびN1
結びつき is the fuller, more explicit word for an ongoing bond or connection, while 結び is shorter and can also mean an ending or a knot.

Opposites

断だん絶ぜつN1
断絶 means a severing or breaking off of ties, the opposite of the connection expressed by 結び付き.

Written forms

結むすび付つきUsage13%
Common kanji spelling; the 付き variant is widely used in news and general writing.
結むすびつきUsage85%
Alternate kanji spelling; the つき variant is also standard and frequently seen.
むすびつきUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 結び (musubi, 'tying, binding', the continuative form of 結ぶ) and 付き (tsuki, 'attaching', the continuative form of 付く). The combination yields the meaning of a bond or connection that has been tied and attached.