手綱|たづなtazuna[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounreins; bridle
   競馬けいばの騎手きしゅは、レースが始はじまる前まえ、はやる馬うまを抑おさえて、手綱たづなを握にぎりしめる。↗

   Before the horse race begins, the jockeys grip the reins tightly to restrain the impatient horses.
2. nouncontrol; the reins (on)

• Synonym制御せいぎょNeutralNeutral word for controlling machines or emotions; 「手綱」 is literally a horse's reins, used figuratively for keeping someone in check, as in 「手綱を締める」.
• SynonymコントロールNeutralLoanword for general control or adjustment, also a pitcher's control in baseball; 「手綱」 carries a figurative flavor.
• Synonym統御とうぎょWrittenWritten word for commanding and managing people; 「手綱」 is a metaphor for restraining a person.
• Related抑えおさえNeutralNeutral word for pressing down or keeping something in check; in baseball it also means a closer. 「手綱」 is a metaphor for control, tightening and loosening the reins.
• Related監督かんとくNeutralNeutral word for supervising and directing people, also a film director or coach; 「手綱」 is a figurative sense of holding the reins over someone.
• Related支配しはいNeutralRuling or dominating, with a strong sense of power over others; 「手綱」 is control that can be tightened or slackened as needed.
• Related操作そうさNeutralOperating machinery, or manipulating things to suit oneself; 「手綱」 is figurative control over people.
• Related抑制よくせいWrittenWritten word for suppressing or holding something down, as in 「感情を抑制する」; 「手綱」 centers on figurative control, tightening and loosening the reins.
• Related拘束こうそくNeutralBinding someone or curbing their freedom; 「手綱」 figuratively guides and controls, without necessarily restricting.
• Related統制とうせいWrittenWritten word for a state or organization imposing unified regulation and control; 「手綱」 is a metaphor for an individual's restraint over someone.
• Related管制かんせいWrittenWritten word for state control and restrictions, also air traffic control; 「手綱」 is a metaphor for holding the reins over a person.
• Related管轄かんかつFormalFormal word for jurisdiction, the scope and authority under which one governs; 「手綱」 does not carry this sense of official authority.
• Related抑止よくしWrittenWritten word for deterring or checking an act, as in 「核抑止」; 「手綱」 stresses guiding and steering someone.
• Related制圧せいあつWrittenWritten word for overpowering someone by force or occupying territory militarily; 「手綱」 suggests flexible control, reining in and letting out at will.
• Related統括とうかつWrittenWritten word for unifying and overseeing separate units or duties under one; 「手綱」 is simply a metaphor for holding control over someone.
• Related制止せいしNeutralStopping someone from saying or doing something then and there; 「手綱」 implies control kept up over time.
• Related取り締まりとりしまりNeutralNeutral word for cracking down on and policing rule-breaking; 「手綱」 is a metaphor for reining a person in.

For reins, literal or figurative, use 「手綱」 — as in 「手綱を締める」, to rein someone in. For control in general, choose 「コントロール」 or 「制御」; for suppressing or holding something down, 「抑制」; for policing and cracking down on wrongdoing, 「取り締まり」. The rest each have their own slant: organizational or official control, domination or force, deterrence, restriction, or stopping someone on the spot.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 馬うまを制御せいぎょするために馬うまのくつわにつけた綱つな。
2. 人ひとが望のぞましくないことをしないように、行動こうどうを制御せいぎょすることのたとえ。