結び

Japanese

Alternative spelling
掬び

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 結(むす)ぶ (musubu).^[1]^[2]

First appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.^[1]

結(むす)び • (musubi)

[759] a tie, a knot, a bow
1. a knot bow on the back obi
[1170] 掬び: a scoop of water in both hands
[1684] a tie or bind between two people
[1692] (nyobo kotoba) a grilled rice ball
Synonym: 焼き飯 (yakimeshi)
[1715] a rice ball compressed in both hands
Synonyms: お結び (omusubi), お握り (onigiri), 握り飯 (nigirimeshi)
[1905] a conclusion, an end of a story, a tying up, a tying up of loose ends
Synonyms: 終わり (owari), 結末 (ketsumatsu), 帰結 (kiketsu)

Antonym: 始まり (hajimari)
(set theory) a union
Synonyms: 合併集合 (gappei shūgō), 和集合 (wa shūgō)

Antonym: 交わり (majiwari)
(databases) a join

結(むす)び合(あ)う (musubiau)
結(むす)びの神(かみ) (musubinokami): in pop culture, a kami of matchmaking, love and marriage
縁結(えんむす)び (enmusubi): matchmaking
朝顔結(あさがおむす)び (asaga omusubi): morning glory bow
菖蒲結(あやめむす)び (ayame musubi): iris bow
薔薇結(ばらむす)び (bara musubi): rose bow
蝶蝶結(ちょうちょうむす)び (chōchō musubi): butterfly bow
だらり結(むす)び (darari musubi): dangling bow
ふくら雀結(すずめむす)び (fukura suzume musubi): puffed sparrow bow
貝(かい)の口結(くちむす)び (kai no kuchi musubi): clam's mouth bow
駒結(こまむす)び (koma musubi): foal bow
太鼓結(たいこむす)び (taiko musubi): drum bow
二重太鼓結(にじゅうだいこむす)び (nijūdaiko musubi): two-layer drum bow
立(た)て矢結(やむす)び (tateya musubi): standing arrow bow
鷲草結(わしくさむす)び (washikusa musubi): eagle plant bow

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN