Your search matched 20 words, 1 kanji and 8 sentences.
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Dictionary results(showing 20 results)


noun
1.
rope, cord, line
2.
grand champion's braided belt(sumo term)

noun
general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement

noun
1.
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
2.
forward puller (of a rickshaw)
Other readings:
綱曳き【つなひき】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism
2.
treading a tightrope, walking on thin ice, pulling a risky balancing act(idiom )

noun, auxillary suru verb
law and order, discipline
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun, auxillary suru verb
enforcement of official discipline, tightening of discipline, eliminating corruption among government officials(yojijukugo)

noun
jute
Other readings:
黄麻【つなそ】
黄麻【こうま】
綱麻【つなそ】

noun
class(biology term)

noun
laxity in official discipline, public order being in disarray(yojijukugo)

noun
code of morals, moral principles

noun
elements, essentials, outline

noun
putting on the tsuna(sumo term)
See also:綱 (つな)

noun
ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna, being eligible for promotion to yokozuna(sumo term)
Other readings:
綱とり【つなとり】

noun
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)(obscure)
See also:時鳥

expression, Godan-ru verb
to become a yokozuna, to be a yokozuna(sumo term)

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 14 strokes
Taught in Junior high
hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable
KUN:
  • つな
    tsuna
ON:
  • コウ
    kou

Sentence results (showing 8 results)


Please haul on the rope

The rope broke under the strain

He caught hold of a rope and saved himself

かれ
つな
はな
放して
かわ
He lost hold of the rope and fell into the river

こっかい
国会
うご
動き
もんだい
問題
とう
与野党
あい
せいてき
政治的
つな
綱引き
Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue

The two children pulled at the rope until it broke

かのじょ
彼女
あみ
つなわた
綱渡り
いど
挑んだ
She dared to walk the tightrope without a net

つな
はな
離す
いぬ
As soon as I let go of the leash, the dog ran away