Illustration: At a low kitchen table, a grandparent ties a square wrapping cloth around a stacked lunch box. Both hands pull opposite cloth ends through a clearly formed knot above the lid, tightening it so the bundle holds together.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

結むすぶ

musubu

to tie, to bind

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは髪かみをリボンで結むすんだ。
She bound her hair with a ribbon.
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その小包こづつみはひもで結むすんであった。
The parcel was tied with string.
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靴くつの紐ひもを結むすびなさい。
Tie your shoelaces.
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Kanji in 結

結tie; bindOnケツ・ケチKunむすぶ・ゆう・ゆわえる

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