N2465/1725

綱つな

nounnoun (generic)sumo

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つな

Meanings

rope, cord, line
grand champion's braided belt

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Example sentences

船ふねを港みなとにつないでおくために太ふとい綱つなが必要ひつようだ。

A thick rope is necessary to tie the ship to the harbor.

登山者とざんしゃたちは綱つなを使つかって険けわしい崖がけを登のぼった。

The climbers used a rope to scale the steep cliff.

その力士りきしは長年ながねんの努力どりょくの末すえについに横綱よこづなになった。

After years of effort, the sumo wrestler finally became grand champion.

綱つなが切きれてしまったので、荷物にもつを固定こていできなかった。

Because the rope broke, we were unable to secure the luggage.

古ふるびた綱つなでは重おもい荷物にもつを支ささえることができないため、新あたらしいものに交換こうかんする必要ひつようがある。

Since an old, worn rope cannot support heavy loads, it needs to be replaced with a new one.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)