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).

First appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むすび [mùsúbí] (Heiban – [0])
• 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