結ぶ|むすぶmusubu[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto tie; to bind; to link
2. godan verb, transitive verbto bear (fruit)
   実じつも結むすぶが、挿し木さしきでも根付ねづくらしい？↗

   It bears fruit, but it seems it may even set root from cuttings?
3. godan verb, transitive verbto close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude
4. godan verb, transitive verbto connect (two distant places)
   彼かれらは都市としを鉄道てつどうで結むすぶことを計画けいかく中ちゅうだ。↗

   They are planning to connect the cities with a railroad.
5. godan verb, transitive verbto close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
6. godan verb, transitive verbto unite (with); to ally; to join hands

• Synonym結びつけるむすびつけるNeutralTies or fastens something to something else; figuratively links two things in the mind, as in 「原因と結果を結びつける」.
• Synonym縛るしばるNeutralBinds with rope or string, and figuratively restricts freedom, as in 「規則に縛られる」. 「結ぶ」 centers on tying a knot or joining things.
• Synonym締めるしめるNeutralFastens or tightens something, as in 「ネクタイを締める」; the emphasis is on tightening.
• SynonymくくるNeutralTies things up into one bundle; figuratively groups or generalizes, as in 「ひとくくりにする」.
• SynonymつなぐNeutralConnects or tethers things, and figuratively keeps something going, as in 「手をつなぐ」 and 「命をつなぐ」. 「結ぶ」 is also used for concluding contracts.
• Synonym繋ぎ止めるつなぎとめるNeutralFastens or ties something down so it cannot get away; figuratively keeps a relationship going or holds on to people's support, as in 「客をつなぎ止める」.
• Synonym結い付けるゆいつけるWrittenRare written word for tying things together or wearing the same hairstyle habitually; for everyday binding, 「結び付ける」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym縛り付けるしばりつけるNeutralBinds something so it cannot move, as in 「柱に縛り付ける」; figuratively restrains a person or action.
• Synonym絡げるからげるWrittenWritten word for tying things up in a bundle or tucking up one's clothes; everyday speech says 「縛る」 or 「まくる」.
• Synonym結わえるゆわえるWrittenWritten word for tying or binding with a cord, as in 「紐で結わえる」; in everyday speech 「結ぶ」 is used.
• Synonym結わえ付けるゆわえつけるWrittenRare written word for tying something fast; everyday speech uses 「結び付ける」 instead.
• AntonymとくNeutralUnties a knot that has been tied, as in 「紐を解く」; the direct opposite of 「結ぶ」.
• Antonym切るきるNeutralCuts things apart or severs relationships, the opposite of the connecting sense of 「結ぶ」.

Use 「結ぶ」 for tying knots, concluding agreements, and connecting things. For binding with rope use 「縛る」, for tightening 「締める」, for bundling into one 「括る」, and for linking or tethering 「繋ぐ」. The opposites are 「解く」 and 「切る」.

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

1. つなぐ。
2. 細長ほそながいものの一部いちぶを組くんで塊かたまりを作り出つくりだす。
3. その塊かたまりを用もちいて他ほかの物体ぶったいを固定こていする。
4. 取り決とりきめを行おこなう。
5. （建物たてものを）建たてる。
6. 生み出うみだす。
7. 終おわらせる。
8. （口くちを）開ひらかない。
9. （指ゆびを）何なんらかの形かたちに組み合くみあわせる。
10. 露ろとなる。
11. 仲間なかまとなる。