絆・紲|きずなkizuna[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; relationship; connection; link
   その兄弟きょうだいの間あいだには強つよい絆きずながある。↗

   There is a strong bond between the brothers.
2. nountether; fetters

• Synonym結びつきむすびつきNeutralTies between people and things, as in 「地域との結びつき」; 「絆」 is the hard-to-sever emotional bond between people.
• SynonymつながりNeutralA general connection or link, covering blood ties and links between things; 「絆」 leans toward deep emotional bonds.
• Related間柄あいだがらNeutralThe relationship or terms between people, as in 「親しい間柄」; 「絆」 points to the emotional bond itself.
• Related因縁いんねんWrittenIn written/formal prose: a fated bond or a pretext for picking a quarrel, as in 「因縁をつける」; 「絆」 is an emotional bond.
• Related関わりかかわりNeutralConnection or involvement, as in 「事件との関わり」; 「絆」 is the deep emotional bond between people.
• Related由縁ゆえんWrittenIn written/formal prose: a connection by origin or affinity, or a reason; 「絆」 is the emotional tie between people.
• Antonym無縁むえんWrittenIn written/formal prose: having no connection or tie at all — the opposite of 「絆」 in whether a bond exists.
• Antonym断絶だんぜつWrittenIn written/formal prose: a severance of relations or a generation gap, as in 「世代間の断絶」 — the opposite of the bond 「絆」 sustains.

Use 「絆」 for the deep emotional bond between people that is hard to sever, as in 「家族の絆」「絆を深める」. For general connections choose 「繋がり」 or 「結びつき」, for relationships or terms 「間柄」. 「断絶」 and 「無縁」 are its opposites.

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1. （きずな）人ひとと人ひととの間あいだに生しょうじる連帯感れんたいかん。
2. （きずな）ほだし。束縛そくばく。羈絆きはん。