Kanji

束

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たば, たばねる, つか, つかねる

Nanori (Name Reading)

き, さと, つか, つかぬ, つかね

Common Readings

ソク, たば

Example sentences

約束 やくそく
友達と五時に会う約束をした。

I made a promise to meet my friend at five o'clock.

これ これ
これは大切な約束です

This is an important promise.

拘束 こうそく
彼は仕事に多くの時間を拘束されている。

He is tied down to his work for many hours.

容疑者 ようぎしゃ
警察は容疑者を拘束した。

The police detained the suspect.

束 たば
手紙を束にしてゴムで留めた。

I bundled the letters together and fastened them with a rubber band.

お約束 おやくそく
ヒーローが最後に勝つのは、物語のお約束だ。

The hero winning at the end is a story trope.

参上 さんじょう
お約束の通り、参上いたしました。

I have arrived as promised.

束ねる たばねる
彼女は長い髪を後ろで一つに束ねた

She tied her long hair back into one.

無造作 むぞうさ
彼女は長い髪を無造作に束ねた。

She tied her long hair back casually.

花束 はなたば
彼女に美しい花束を贈った。

I gave a beautiful bouquet to her.

Example Vocabulary

約束

やくそく

promise; appointment; agreement

拘束

こうそく

restriction; restraint; binding; detention

束

たば

bundle; bunch

お約束

おやくそく

polite form of promise; cliché; trope; predictable development

束ねる

たばねる

to tie up, to bundle, to manage

花束

はなたば

bouquet; bunch of flowers

収束

しゅうそく

settling down; resolution; convergence

束の間

つかのま

brief moment; fleeting

約束を守る

やくそくをまもる

to keep a promise

約束通り

やくそくどおり

as promised; as agreed

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