綱つな渡わたり

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

綱渡りする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

tightrope walking; high-wire act

Literal act of walking on a tightrope or high wire, often in a circus or performance context.

walking a tightrope; risky balancing act

Idiomatic use: being in a precarious situation that requires careful handling to avoid failure or disaster.

綱つな渡わたりをするto perform tightrope walking
サーカスの曲きょく芸げい師しが綱つな渡わたりをして観かん客きゃくを驚おどろかせた。
The circus performer amazed the audience by walking the tightrope.
綱つな渡わたりの状じょう態たいto be in a precarious, risky situation
資し金きんが足たりず、会かい社しゃの経けい営えいは綱つな渡わたりの状じょう態たいが続つづいている。
With funds running short, the company's management remains in a precarious balancing act.
〈事こと〉で綱つな渡わたりをするto walk a tightrope with regard to something (handle a risky matter carefully)
毎まい月つきの資し金きん繰ぐりで綱つな渡わたりをしている。
We're walking a tightrope every month just to manage our cash flow.

曲きょく芸げい sense 1
曲芸 refers broadly to acrobatic stunts and circus tricks, while 綱渡り specifically means walking on a rope, one kind of 曲芸.
瀬せ戸と際ぎわ sense 2
瀬戸際 describes the critical brink of success or failure, whereas 綱渡り describes the ongoing precarious balancing act used to avoid falling over that brink.
冒ぼう険けんN3sense 2
冒険 emphasizes daring adventure with excitement, while 綱渡り emphasizes a tense, careful balancing act where one misstep could mean disaster.

綱つな引ひき sense 1
綱引き (tug of war) shares the kanji 綱 and sounds similar to 綱渡り, but it is a completely different activity involving pulling a rope, not balancing on one.

Compound of 綱 (つな, 'rope') and 渡り (わたり, 'crossing'), the continuative form of 渡る (わたる, 'to cross').