1Emotional or social ties between people; bonds such as trust, solidarity, or familial connections.
災害時に地域の絆が人々を支えた。
Community bonds supported people during the disaster.
親子の絆を深めるために休日は一緒に過ごすようにしている。
To deepen the parent-child bond, we try to spend holidays together.
戦友との絆は長年変わらない。
The bond with wartime comrades doesn't change over the years.
2A tether or fetter used to bind or tie something; an older sense meaning restraint or binding rope.
昔は家畜をつなぐための絆が使われていた。
In the past, tethers were used to tie livestock.
物語の中で、英雄は運命の絆に縛られる設定だ。
In the story, the hero is bound by the tether of fate.