括くくる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

tie up; bundle; fasten

General physical sense: tying something with string, rope, or similar to secure or bundle it together.

• 新しん聞ぶん紙しをひもでくくって捨すてる。

  I tie up the newspapers with string and throw them away.

• 髪かみを後うしろでくくっている。

  She has her hair tied back.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

hang (oneself)

Used almost exclusively in the fixed expression 首をくくる (to hang oneself). Also written as 縊る in this sense.

See also: 首をくくる

• 彼かれは首くびをくくって死しんだ。

  He hanged himself and died.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

summarize; consolidate; put together

Figurative use: bringing ideas, points, or items together into a summary or unified whole.

• 話はなしをくくると、要ようするに反はん対たいだということだ。

  To summarize the story, basically he is against it.

• 意い見けんを一ひとつにくくって報ほう告こくする。

  I consolidate the opinions into one and report.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

estimate; expect

Used in the set phrase 高をくくる (to make light of, to underestimate) and similar expressions.

See also: たかをくくる

• 相あい手ての実じつ力りょくを高たかをくくっていた。

  I underestimated the opponent's ability.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

tie-dye

Specialized craft term; refers to the resist-dyeing technique where fabric is tied before dyeing.

See also: 括り染め

• 布ぬのをくくって染そめる技ぎ法ほうを絞しぼり染ぞめという。

  The technique of tie-dyeing fabric is called shibori-zome.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

detain; restrain; check

Archaic sense; not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 古こ文もん書じょでは、人ひとをくくると書かいて拘こう束そくする意い味みで使つかわれた。

  In old documents, くくる was used to mean detaining or restraining someone.