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Keyword
tie up
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1476
Readings
しば
(67%)
ばく
(30%)
Composed of
糸
thread
丶
droplet
一
one
由
reason
寸
a few centimeters
Used in vocabulary (56 in total)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
arrest; apprehension; capture
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
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Examples (27 in total)
The days of being tied down by games are over.
I hate being tied down by others.
It seems I was too tied down by my home.
The hair, which was tied back so that it would be easy to move around, is swaying wildly.
Baseball isn't bound by a clock, so there's still a slim chance.
Before you know it, you're bound by the chains of the past and can't act freely.
It is said to be convenient when tying bamboo.
I will never be bound by anything!
Then, what kind of constraints is the master bound by?
I tied up the old newspapers with string.
Even a king is bound by the law.
They tied my hands to the chair.
My hands are tied.
He is bound by his promise.
Her arms were bound fast.
He was lying there with his legs bound together.
They bound his legs together.
They bound the prisoner's arms and legs.
He liberated the people from bondage.
I don't want to be tied to one company.
He was tied to the tree with a rope.
They tied the thief to the tree.
The thieves tied him up and escaped through the window.
Tom's hands were tied behind his back.
They bound her legs together.
She tied him to the chair.
The police arrested him for smuggling.