羈絆

"bond, tie"

From a common mistranslation of 絆(きずな) (kizuna, “bond, tie”) by Chinese fan translation teams (漢化組), in which the word is incorrectly associated with Chinese 羈絆／羁绊 (jībàn, “trammels, fetters”).

羈絆

1. (formal) trammels; fetters; yoke
2. (Internet slang, originally ACG) bond (emotional link or connection); tie

   • 除去劇情固定的對話和朋友圈，其餘更新則依靠羈絆（日本常用「羈絆」表示人與人之間的聯繫和紐帶）的獲得。 [MSC, trad.]
     除去剧情固定的对话和朋友圈，其余更新则依靠羁绊（日本常用「羁绊」表示人与人之间的联系和纽带）的获得。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 March 12, 张明萌 (Zhang Mingmeng), 何钻莹 (He Zuanying), 刘虹言 (Liu Hongyan), 《制作恋人》, in 《南方人物周刊》 [Southern People Weekly], →ISSN, issue 544, page 16

     Chúqù jùqíng gùdìng de duìhuà hé péngyǒuquān, qíyú gēngxīn zé yīkào jībàn (Rìběn cháng yòng “jībàn” biǎoshì rén yǔ rén zhījiān de liánxì hé niǔdài) de huòdé. [Pinyin]

     Apart from fixed conversations and friend groups of the story line, other updates rely on gains of a bond (Japan uses "bond" to mean an interpersonal connection).

羈絆

1. (formal) to be bound; to be tied up

• 羈勒／羁勒 (jīlè)