"結ぶ" meaning in Japanese

See 結ぶ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mɯ̟sɨbɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|むすぶ|tr=trans|type=1}} 結(むす)ぶ • (musubu) transitive godan (stem 結(むす)び (musubi), past 結(むす)んだ (musunda)) Forms: 結ぶ [canonical] (ruby: 結(むす)), musubu [romanization], 結び [stem] (ruby: 結(むす)), 結んだ [past] (ruby: 結(むす)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 結ば [error-unrecognized-form], むすば [error-unrecognized-form], musuba [error-unrecognized-form], 結び [error-unrecognized-form], むすび [error-unrecognized-form], musubi [error-unrecognized-form], 結ぶ [error-unrecognized-form], むすぶ [error-unrecognized-form], musubu [error-unrecognized-form], 結べ [error-unrecognized-form], むすべ [error-unrecognized-form], musube [error-unrecognized-form], 結ばれる [passive], むすばれる [passive], musubareru [passive], 結ばせる [causative], 結ばす [causative], むすばせる [causative], むすばす [causative], musubaseru [causative], musubasu [causative], 結べる [potential], むすべる [potential], musuberu [potential], 結ぼう [volitional], むすぼう [volitional], musubō [volitional], 結ばない [negative], むすばない [negative], musubanai [negative], 結ばず [continuative, negative], むすばず [continuative, negative], musubazu [continuative, negative], 結びます [formal], むすびます [formal], musubimasu [formal], 結んだ [perfective], むすんだ [perfective], musunda [perfective], 結んで [conjunctive], むすんで [conjunctive], musunde [conjunctive], 結べば [conditional, hypothetical], むすべば [conditional, hypothetical], musubeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to tie (a string, rope, sash, etc.)
    Sense id: en-結ぶ-ja-verb-4H-TDHqQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 9 26 17 12 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 13 13 12 13 23 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 24 13 16 23 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 19 9 25 16 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 20 9 24 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 12 10 26 18 13
  2. to connect
    Sense id: en-結ぶ-ja-verb-fwkg7XSQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 9 26 17 12 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 13 13 12 13 23 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 24 13 16 23 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 19 9 25 16 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 20 9 24 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 12 10 26 18 13
  3. to be bound (by love, friendship, etc.)
    Sense id: en-結ぶ-ja-verb-wcrJ-Ma4 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 13 13 12 13 23 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 24 13 16 23 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 12 10 26 18 13
  4. to enter a contract, to form an alliance
    Sense id: en-結ぶ-ja-verb-~8QzqUa4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 9 26 17 12 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 13 13 12 13 23 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 24 13 16 23 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 19 9 25 16 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 20 9 24 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 12 10 26 18 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 14 12 28 23 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 13 11 36 19 9
  5. to wrap up, to wind up
    Sense id: en-結ぶ-ja-verb-GY-n0RKl Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 9 26 17 12 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 13 13 12 13 23 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 24 13 16 23 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 19 9 25 16 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 20 9 24 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 17 14 18 25 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 12 10 26 18 13
  6. to conclude, to end
    Sense id: en-結ぶ-ja-verb-z58jV9kr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 11 9 26 17 12 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu: 13 13 12 13 23 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 24 13 16 23 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 19 9 25 16 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 20 9 24 17 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 14 14 10 20 14 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 12 10 26 18 13
     
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hodoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "解",
          "ほど"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “tie”",
      "word": "解く"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "結ぶ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "むす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結び",
      "roman": "musubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "むす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結んだ",
      "roman": "musunda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "むす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-bu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musuba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musube",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musuberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musunda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musunde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むすぶ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "結(むす)ぶ • (musubu) transitive godan (stem 結(むす)び (musubi), past 結(むす)んだ (musunda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 11 9 26 17 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 12 13 23 26",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 24 13 16 23 11",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 19 9 25 16 11",
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          "_dis": "21 12 10 26 18 13",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tie (a string, rope, sash, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-結ぶ-ja-verb-4H-TDHqQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "sash",
          "sash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 11 9 26 17 12",
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        {
          "_dis": "13 13 12 13 23 26",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to connect"
      ],
      "id": "en-結ぶ-ja-verb-fwkg7XSQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "13 13 12 13 23 26",
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        {
          "_dis": "13 24 13 16 23 11",
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        {
          "_dis": "21 12 10 26 18 13",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be bound (by love, friendship, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-結ぶ-ja-verb-wcrJ-Ma4",
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "friendship",
          "friendship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 11 9 26 17 12",
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        {
          "_dis": "13 13 12 13 23 26",
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        {
          "_dis": "13 24 13 16 23 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "20 19 9 25 16 11",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 9 24 17 11",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 12 10 26 18 13",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 14 12 28 23 11",
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        {
          "_dis": "12 13 11 36 19 9",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enter a contract, to form an alliance"
      ],
      "id": "en-結ぶ-ja-verb-~8QzqUa4",
      "links": [
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ],
        [
          "contract",
          "contract"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "alliance",
          "alliance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "20 19 9 25 16 11",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wrap up, to wind up"
      ],
      "id": "en-結ぶ-ja-verb-GY-n0RKl",
      "links": [
        [
          "wrap up",
          "wrap up"
        ],
        [
          "wind up",
          "wind up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to conclude, to end"
      ],
      "id": "en-結ぶ-ja-verb-z58jV9kr",
      "links": [
        [
          "conclude",
          "conclude"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むすぶ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟sɨbɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "結ぶ"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hodoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "解",
          "ほど"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “tie”",
      "word": "解く"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -bu",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "結ぶ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "むす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結び",
      "roman": "musubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "むす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結んだ",
      "roman": "musunda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "結",
          "むす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-bu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musuba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結び",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musube",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musuberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすぼう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結ばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすばず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結びます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musunda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musunde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "結べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むすべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musubeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むすぶ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "結(むす)ぶ • (musubu) transitive godan (stem 結(むす)び (musubi), past 結(むす)んだ (musunda))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tie (a string, rope, sash, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ],
        [
          "sash",
          "sash"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to connect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be bound (by love, friendship, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "friendship",
          "friendship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to enter a contract, to form an alliance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ],
        [
          "contract",
          "contract"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "alliance",
          "alliance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wrap up, to wind up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrap up",
          "wrap up"
        ],
        [
          "wind up",
          "wind up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to conclude, to end"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conclude",
          "conclude"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むすぶ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟sɨbɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "結ぶ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 結ぶ meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

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  ],
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}

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  "trace": ""
}

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  "title": "結ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "結ぶ",
  "trace": ""
}

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}

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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "trace": ""
}

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