to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
spider's thread; spider silk
silk thread; silk yarn; corn silk
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
waste thread; lint; fluff
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
to lower one's fishing line (into water)
to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)
colored thread; coloured thread
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
(doing something) regardless of expense
konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles
(doing something) regardless of expense
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
to fish; to have a line in the water
to pull wires; to pull strings
binding of plates with colored laces (in traditional suits of armor)
colored thread; coloured thread; thread of cat's cradle; heddle thread
cloth woven from twisted silk yarn
tacking; basting (thread)
thin strips of raw fish and squid
stretching out a string; stretching out like a string; silk reeling; silk spinning; pulling someone's strings; appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
gossamer; (arch.) heat haze; (arch.) shimmer of hot air
leveling line (establishing horizontality during construction); level string line; leveling string
droopy-branch cherry tree
bottom rim of earthenware cup
tsumugi silk yarn; (spun) silk noil yarn
kanji "thread" radical at left; textile industry
binding thread; basting thread
braid; braided thread or cord
third string (of a shamisen, etc.)
thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)
itobin; 17th century male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)
pegbox (of a shamisen, etc.)
silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner
spun thread; spun yarn (silk, wool, cotton, etc.)
to find a clue; to make a beginning
low count yarn; thick thread
China-made thread or yarn
silk or paper with cotton threads
woman factory worker in weaving industry
thread to make seams conspicuous
bottom rim of cup or bowl
(musical) strings and bamboo
dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms
first string (of a shamisen, etc.)
top component of the kanji "thread" radical
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
binding of plates with white laces (in traditional suits of armor)
glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)
drizzle; light rain; fine rain
vortex filament; vortex line
shuttle (weaving, sewing); bobbin threading
light chamfering (engineering)
second string (of a shamisen, etc.)
Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line
nettling thread; stinging filament
slub yarn (yarn with lumps, thickening, etc.)
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
Yucca smalliana (species of yucca)
grandrelle yarn; mouline yarn; mottled yarn; mock twist yarn
coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)
oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris); giant oceanic manta ray
damselfly (Zygoptera spp.); demoiselle
spinetail devil ray (Mobula japanica); Japanese devil ray
African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)
blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera)
precious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)
attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)
Myersina filifer (species of goby)
trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium)
chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)
basketfish (Kentrocapros aculeatus)
Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)
small pondweed (Potamogeton pusillus)
golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus); besugo
person sporting an itobin hairstyle