金縛り

Japanese edit

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金縛り

Kanji in this term
金	縛
かな Grade: 1	しば Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 金 (kana, “metal”) +‎ 縛り (shibari, “binding”). kana is unbound form of 金 (kane); shibari is the nominalized form of the verb 縛る (shibaru, “to bind”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) かなしばり [kànáshíꜜbàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) かなしばり [kànáshíbárí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠ɕiba̠ɾʲi]

Noun edit

金(かな)縛(しば)り • (kanashibari)

(as if by metal chains) tightly bound
the restraint of one's freedom using money
sleep paralysis

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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