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括る[くくる] (kukuru)

bind; fasten; tie up

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Meaning

括る (くくる, kukuru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “bind; fasten; tie up”.

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Example sentences 11

材木ざいもくをロープで括くくった

The wood was tied with rope.

私たちはそれを一言で括ることはできない。

We cannot sum it up in a single statement.

裲襠という貫頭衣をつけて、袖を手首で括る。

Thus, bugaku players wear kantoi (simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head) that is called ryoto, with cuffs of the sleeves tied at the wrists.

相手あいてが女おんなだと思おもってたかをくくっていたら負まけた。

She beat me. I had underestimated the power of a woman.

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