赤縄を結ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	縄	結
せき Grade: 1	じょう Grade: 4	むす Grade: 4
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
赤繩を結ぶ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 紅葉赤繩.

Idiom

赤(せき)縄(じょう)を結(むす)ぶ • (sekijō o musubu) 

1. The bethrothed are to tie the knot. The newlyweds' fingers are bound together by a red rope, symbolizing that their destinies are now bound forever.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.