きずな
Alternative readings: きづな
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1Emotional or social ties between people; bonds such as trust, solidarity, or familial connections.

Noun

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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.

Noun

Examples

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.

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