Word Meaning

ばく baku

縛 is read as ばく (baku) and means tying up.

Meaning

English

  1. tying up
  2. restraint
  3. restriction
  4. arrest

Reading

Kana

ばく

Romaji

baku

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 138806 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

縛る

しばる

to restrict (freedom)

縛り首

しばりくび

(death by) hanging

束縛

そくばく

binding

呪縛

じゅばく

spell (that restricts one's movements)

金縛り

かなしばり

being tied down with money

Example Sentences

10

はんにんはけいさつにしばられた。

the criminal was tied up by the police.

にもつをなわでしばってください。

please tie the luggage with a rope.

かれはりょうてをうしろでしばられた。

his hands were bound behind his back.

ふるいしゅうかんにしばられるひつようはない。

there is no need to be bound by old customs.

きそくにしばられてじゆうにうごけない。

i am restrained by the rules and cannot move freely.

かのじょはじかんにしばられたせいかつをおくっている。

she lives a life bound by time.

そのいぬをきにしばっておいた。

i tied the dog to a tree.

なわではこをしっかりしばった。

i tied the box tightly with a rope.

かれをそのやくそくにしばることはできない。

you cannot bind him to that promise.

Their hands are tied.