結び

Japanese
Kanji in this term
結
むす
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
掬び

Etymology

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 結(むす)ぶ (musubu).[1][2]

First appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) むすび [mùsúbí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝbʲi]

Noun

結(むす)び • (musubi) 

  1. [759] a tie, a knot, a bow
    1. a knot bow on the back obi
  2. [1170] 掬び: a scoop of water in both hands
  3. [1684] a tie or bind between two people
  4. [1692] a grilled rice ball
    Synonym: 焼き飯 (yakimeshi)
  5. [1715] a rice ball compressed in both hands
    Synonyms: お結び (omusubi), お握り (onigiri), 握り飯 (nigirimeshi)
  6. [1905] a conclusion, an end of a story, a tying up, a tying up of loose ends
    Synonyms: 終わり (owari), 結末 (ketsumatsu), 帰結 (kiketsu)
    Antonym: 始まり (hajimari)
  7. (set theory) a union
    Synonyms: 合併集合 (gappei shūgō), 和集合 (wa shūgō)
    Antonym: 交わり (majiwari)
  8. (databases) a join

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 結(むす)びの神(かみ) (musubinokami): in pop culture, a kami of matchmaking, love and marriage
  • 縁結(えんむす)び (enmusubi): matchmaking
  • 朝顔結(あさがおむす)び (asaga omusubi): morning glory bow
  • 菖蒲結(あやめむす)び (ayame musubi): iris bow
  • 薔薇結(ばらむす)び (bara musubi): rose bow
  • 蝶蝶結(ちょうちょうむす)び (chōchō musubi): butterfly bow
  • だらり結(むす)び (darari musubi): dangling bow
  • ふくら雀結(すずめむす)び (fukura suzume musubi): puffed sparrow bow
  • 貝(かい)の口結(くちむす)び (kai no kuchi musubi): clam's mouth bow
  • 駒結(こまむす)び (koma musubi): foal bow
  • 太鼓結(たいこむす)び (taiko musubi): drum bow
  • 二重太鼓結(にじゅうだいこむす)び (nijūdaiko musubi): two-layer drum bow
  • 立(た)て矢結(やむす)び (tateya musubi): standing arrow bow
  • 鷲草結(わしくさむす)び (washikusa musubi): eagle plant bow

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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