Japanese Words Containing 束

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
約束	やくそく	promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word	n4
拘束	こうそく	restriction; restraint; binding; constraint	n1
束	たば	bundle; bunch; sheaf	n3
法的拘束力	ほうてきこうそくりょく	legal binding force; legally binding power
装束	しょうぞく	costume; dress; attire
束ねる	たばねる	to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to govern	n2
束縛	そくばく	restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke	n1
花束	はなたば	bunch of flowers; bouquet	n3
束の間	つかのま	moment; brief space of time
束髪	そくはつ	hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head
結束	けっそく	union; unity; solidarity; bundling	n1
不束	ふつつか	inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable
検束	けんそく	arrest; custody; detention
札束	さつたば	bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money
口約束	くちやくそく	verbal promise; one's word
約束事	やくそくごと	promise; vow; engagement; convention
束帯	そくたい	old ceremonial court dress
収束	しゅうそく	conclusion; resolution; settling (e.g. of a dispute); returning to normal	n1
束ね	たばね	bundle; control; management
お約束	おやくそく	promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word
白装束	しろしょうぞく	white clothing; white robes (worn for Shinto rituals, funerals, etc.)
黒装束	くろしょうぞく	black clothes
二束三文	にそくさんもん	dirt cheap; very cheap
維管束	いかんそく	vascular bundle; fibrovascular bundle
光束	こうそく	luminous flux; pencil (of light); beam	n3
磁束	じそく	magnetic flux	n1
矢束	やつか	arrow length; bundle of arrows
死装束	しにしょうぞく	burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
拘束時間	こうそくじかん	total hours spent working
女房装束	にょうぼうしょうぞく	costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period)
幣束	へいそく	offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
束感	たばかん	neat and tidy look (of hair or eyelashes); cleanly made eyelashes; well-bundled hair
一束	いっそく	one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred
束脩	そくしゅう	entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
身柄拘束	みがらこうそく	physical restraint (e.g. by police); (taking into) custody; detention
拘束力	こうそくりょく	binding force
覚束無い	おぼつかない	uncertain; doubtful; unpromising; unreliable
死に装束	しにしょうぞく	burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
約束ごと	やくそくごと	promise; vow; engagement; convention
磁束密度	じそくみつど	magnetic flux density
毛束	けたば	bundle of hair; hair tuft
竹束	たけたば	bamboo bundle; bamboo shield used for defending against projectiles in battle
束子	たわし	scrubbing brush; scourer
不束者	ふつつかもの	inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
結束バンド	けっそくバンド	cable tie; zip tie
集束	しゅうそく	focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling	n1
拘束具	こうそくぐ	physical restraint; restraining device; hamper
能装束	のうしょうぞく	noh costume
衣冠束帯	いかんそくたい	full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
電束	でんそく	electric flux
拘束衣	こうそくい	straitjacket
約束通り	やくそくどおり	as promised
党議拘束	とうぎこうそく	compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate
亀の子束子	かめのこたわし	tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)
羈束	きそく	fetters; shackles; restraints	n3
束生	そくせい	fasciculation	n2
稲束	いなづか	sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants
藁束	わらたば	bundle of straw; sheaf
不検束	ふけんそく	nonrestraint
収束帯	しゅうそくたい	convergence zone
一致結束	いっちけっそく	closing ranks; uniting and working together; coming together for fighting
約束手形	やくそくてがた	promissory note
約束どおり	やくそくどおり	as promised
覊束	きそく	fetters; shackles; restraints	n3
管束	かんそく	vascular bundle	n2
二束	ふたたば	two bunches; two bundles
束修	そくしゅう	entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
束柱	つかばしら	short pillar standing between a beam and roof ridge
束稲	つかいね	sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants
束群	そくぐん	lattice group
束表	たばひょう	bundle table
波束	はそく	wave packet; wave train
流束	りゅうそく	flux
牽束	けんそく	restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something
鍵束	かぎたば	bunch of keys
麦束	むぎたば	wheat sheaf; stacked wheat
ヒス束	ヒスそく	bundle of His
光線束	こうせんそく	pencil (of light rays)
収束点	しゅうそくてん	convergence point; convergent point
御約束	おやくそく	promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word
拘束圧	こうそくあつ	confining pressure
束指標	たばしひょう	bundle index
束沸石	そくふっせき	stilbite; desmine
磁束計	じそくけい	fluxmeter
空約束	からやくそく	empty promise; hollow promise
線維束	せんいそく	fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
繊維束	せんいそく	fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
装束能	しょうぞくのう	formal noh performed in full costume
雪装束	ゆきしょうぞく	clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear
中性子束	ちゅうせいしそく	neutron flux
二重拘束	にじゅうこうそく	double bind
会う約束	あうやくそく	appointment; rendezvous; date
保護検束	ほごけんそく	protective arrest
動的束縛	どうてきそくばく	dynamic restraints
収束級数	しゅうそくきゅうすう	convergent series
収束進化	しゅうそくしんか	convergent evolution
固い約束	かたいやくそく	solemn promise
夫婦約束	ふうふやくそく	engagement; betrothal; marriage contract
束になる	たばになる	to form a group; to form a bunch
束ね積む	たばねつむ	to shock (grain)
束縛変項	そくばくへんこう	bound variable
束縛理論	そくばくりろん	binding theory
束縛電子	そくばくでんし	bound electron
束表項目	たばひょうこうもく	bundle table entry
条件収束	じょうけんしゅうそく	conditional convergence
約束の地	やくそくのち	Promised Land
約束破る	やくそくやぶる	to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
絶対収束	ぜったいしゅうそく	absolute convergence
覚束ない	おぼつかない	uncertain; doubtful; unpromising; unreliable
覺束ない	おぼつかない	uncertain; doubtful; unpromising; unreliable
集束爆弾	しゅうそくばくだん	cluster bomb
領域束表	りょういきたばひょう	fill area bundle table
二世の約束	にせのやくそく	marriage vows
二束の草鞋	にそくのわらじ	being engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats; having two irons in the fire; two pairs of straw sandals
収束レンズ	しゅうそくレンズ	condenser lens; converging lens
手を束ねて	てをつかねて	doing nothing; folding one's arms
手を束ねる	てをつかねる	to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to look on with folded arms
折れ線束表	おれせんたばひょう	polyline bundle table
文字列束表	もじれつたばひょう	text bundle table
熱帯収束帯	ねったいしゅうそくたい	intertropical convergence zone; ITCZ
約束された	やくそくされた	promised; agreed; arranged; guaranteed (e.g. victory)
約束どうり	やくそくどおり	as promised
約束に背く	やくそくにそむく	to break one's promise
約束やぶる	やくそくやぶる	to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
約束を守る	やくそくをまもる	to keep a promise; to keep one's word
約束を破る	やくそくをやぶる	to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
維管束植物	いかんそくしょくぶつ	vascular plant
集束レンズ	しゅうそくレンズ	condenser lens; converging lens
電力束密度	でんりょくそくみつど	power flux density
マーカ列束表	マーカれつたばひょう	polymarker bundle table
二束のわらじ	にそくのわらじ	being engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats; having two irons in the fire; two pairs of straw sandals
束縛継承原理	そくばくけいしょうげんり	binding inheritance principle; BIP
約束をまもる	やくそくをまもる	to keep a promise; to keep one's word
約束をやぶる	やくそくをやぶる	to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
統率束縛理論	とうそつそくばくりろん	government-binding theory
維管束形成層	いかんそくけいせいそう	vascular cambium; wood cambium
束になって掛る	たばになってかかる	to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
身柄を拘束する	みがらをこうそくする	to detain; to take into custody
二束の草鞋を履く	にそくのわらじをはく	to be engaged in two trades at the same time; to have two irons in the fire; to wear two pairs of straw sandals
束になってかかる	たばになってかかる	to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
束になって掛かる	たばになってかかる	to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
二束のわらじを履く	にそくのわらじをはく	to be engaged in two trades at the same time; to have two irons in the fire; to wear two pairs of straw sandals
藁で束ねても男は男	わらでたばねてもおとこはおとこ	rich or poor, a man is a man; a man whose hair is tied with straw is still a man
拘束名簿式比例代表制	こうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせい	proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)
日本海寒帯気団収束帯	にほんかいかんたいきだんしゅうそくたい	Japan-Sea Polar-Airmass Convergence Zone; JPCZ
非拘束名簿式比例代表制	ひこうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせい	proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained

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