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緒締め (おじめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

緒お締じめ

お

じ

め

Meanings

1

noun

drawstring fastener; cord lock

A small bead or toggle used to tighten and secure the drawstring on a pouch, purse, or handbag.

巾きん着ちゃくの緒お締じめが壊こわれてしまった。
The drawstring fastener on the pouch broke.
このバッグの緒お締じめは真しん珠じゅでできている。
The cord lock on this bag is made of pearl.

Kanji

緒thong, beginning, inception
締tighten, tie, shut

Similar words

巾きん着ちゃく
巾着 is the drawstring pouch itself, while 緒締め is the fastener or toggle on its cord.
引ひき締しめ
引き締め refers to tightening in general, not specifically to the fastener object.

Etymology

Compound of 緒 (o, 'cord, string') and 締め (shime, 'tightening, fastening'). The reading おじめ is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi readings of the two kanji.