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綱渡り[つなわたり] (tsunawatari)

tightrope walking

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Meaning

綱渡り (つなわたり, tsunawatari) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “tightrope walking”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

サーカスで綱渡つなわたりを見みました

I saw a high wire act at the circus.

人生は綱渡りだ。

Life is a tightrope walk.

彼女かのじょは網あみを張はらないで綱渡つなわたりに挑いどんだ。

She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.

レオタールがやるようなこともいたしましたし、ブロンダンがやるような綱渡りをしたこともあります。

when I used to vault like Leotard, and dance on a rope like Blondin.

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