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縛る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	縛しばる	縛しばらない
Polite	縛しばります	縛しばりません
Past polite	縛しばりました	縛しばりませんでした
Past	縛しばった	縛しばらなかった
Te-form	縛しばって	縛しばらないで
Desire	縛しばりたい	縛しばりたくない
Potential	縛しばれる	縛しばれない
Passive	縛しばられる	縛しばられない
Causative	縛しばらせる	縛しばらせない
Causative passive	縛しばらせられるalso 縛しばらされる	縛しばらせられないalso 縛しばらされない
Volitional	縛しばろう
Polite volitional	縛しばりましょう
Imperative	縛しばれ	縛しばるな
Conditional	縛しばれば	縛しばらなければ
Tara conditional	縛しばったら	縛しばらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

tie; bind; fasten

Physical binding with rope, string, or similar material. Often implies securing something tightly.

荷に物もつをひもで縛しばる。
I tie the luggage with string.
犯はん人にんは手てを後うしろで縛しばられた。
The criminal's hands were tied behind his back.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

restrict; tie down; fetter

Abstract restriction of freedom, often by rules, contracts, or social obligations. Commonly used in expressions like 規則に縛られる (to be bound by rules).

古ふるい習しゅう慣かんに縛しばられて、新あたらしいやり方かたができない。
Bound by old customs, we can't adopt new methods.
契けい約やくが彼かれの行こう動どうを縛しばっている。
The contract restricts his actions.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉で縛しばるto tie something with something (rope, string, etc.)
荷に物もつをロープで縛しばった。
I tied up the luggage with a rope.
規き則そくに縛しばられるto be bound by rules
会かい社しゃの規き則そくに縛しばられて自じ由ゆうに行こう動どうできない。
I can't act freely because I'm bound by company rules.
〈人ひと〉を縛しばるto tie someone up (restrain physically)
犯はん人にんは被ひ害がい者しゃを椅い子すに縛しばった。
The culprit tied the victim to a chair.
〈事こと〉に縛しばられるto be tied down by something (tradition, time, contract, etc.)
古ふるい習しゅう慣かんに縛しばられている人ひとが多おおい。
Many people are bound by old customs.

Kanji

縛truss, arrest, bind

Related words· 10

結むすぶN4sense 1
結ぶ is the general verb for tying or connecting things together, while 縛る stresses binding tightly or restricting movement.
拘こう束そくN1sense 2
拘束する is a formal, often legal term for restraining or detaining, while 縛る is used more broadly in everyday speech for both physical and abstract restriction.
括くくるN1sense 1
括る means to bundle or tie things into a group, whereas 縛る emphasizes tying something firmly, often to immobilize it.
束たばねるN1sense 1
束ねる means to bundle multiple items together, while 縛る focuses on securing something tightly with rope or cord.

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束そく縛ばくN1
縛る is the everyday verb for physically tying something with rope, while 束縛 is the more formal noun used for both literal binding and figurative restriction.
緊きん縛ばく
縛る is the common verb 'to tie/bind', while 緊縛 is a formal noun emphasizing tightness and is often linked to restraint or rope bondage.
締しめるN5
締める tightens something already fitted around an object (a belt, screw), while 縛る means to bind or tie something up with a cord or rope.
絡からめる
縛る means to tie or bind something straightforwardly, whereas 絡める implies a looser, entangling wrap, often with sauce, thread, or coordinated plans.
つなぐN3
縛る emphasizes binding tightly to restrain, while 繋ぐ can mean a looser tether (like a leash) that still allows some movement.
結ゆうN1
縛る means to bind or tie something tightly and securely, often restrictively, while 結う implies a neater, more deliberate act of tying, as with hair or fences.

Opposites

ほどくN3sense 1
ほどく means to untie or undo something, the direct opposite of 縛る's physical sense of tying tightly.
解かい放ほうN2sense 2
解放する means to free or liberate someone from restriction, the opposite of 縛る's abstract sense of tying someone down with rules or obligations.

Don't confuse with

絞しぼるN3
絞る (しぼる) sounds similar to 縛る (しばる) but means to squeeze or wring, not to tie or bind.

Word family· 12

金かな縛しばり
binding hand and foot; shackling · sleep paralysis; temporary paralysis · being tied down with money; financial shackles
縛しばり付つける
tie down; bind fast; restrain by tying
縛しばり首くび
hanging; death by hanging
縛しばり
binding; tying · restriction; regulation; limit · binding period; minimum contract term
おにしばり
Daphne pseudomezereum; a species of daphne shrub

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ふん縛じばる
tie up roughly; bind tightly; arrest
亀甲縛きっこうしばり
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
縛しばり込こむ
bind together; tie up tightly
亀かめの子こ縛しばり
tying up with a criss-cross rope in a lozenge pattern
縛しばりプレイ
bondage play; rope bondage · challenge run; self-imposed restrictions
縛しばり上あげる
bind up; tie up tightly
規き則そくで縛しばる
restrict by rules; bind with regulations

Written forms

縛しばるUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling for both physical binding and abstract restriction.
しばるUsage18%

Etymology

The kanji 縛 combines 糸 (thread) and 専 (exclusive), suggesting binding with thread or rope. The reading しばる is native Japanese. The abstract sense of restriction developed from the physical meaning of tying tightly.