— bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control

  • JLPT N3
  • 7 strokes
  • Grade 4
  • Radical 木
  • #918 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
ソク
Kun'yomi
たばたば.ねるつかつか.ねる

Example words

  • 約束やくそく(1) arrangement; promise; appointment; pact; engagement (2) convention; rule
  • 拘束こうそくrestriction; restraint; binding; constraint
  • たばbundle; bunch; sheaf
  • 結束けっそくunion; unity
  • 束縛そくばくrestraint; shackles; restriction; confinement; binding
  • 束ねるたばねる(1) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe (2) to govern; to manage; to control; to administer (3) to fold (one's arms)