束ね | [たばね, tabane] (n) bundle; control; management [Add to Longdo] |
手を束ねて | [てをつかねて, tewotsukanete] (exp) doing nothing; folding one's arms [Add to Longdo] |
束ねる | [たばねる(P);つかねる, tabaneru (P); tsukaneru] (v1, vt) (1) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; (2) (たばねる only) to govern; to manage; to control; to administer; (3) (つかねる only) to fold (one's arms); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
束ね積む | [たばねつむ, tabanetsumu] (v5m) to shock (grain) [Add to Longdo] |
藁で束ねても男は男 | [わらでたばねてもおとこはおとこ, waradetabanetemootokohaotoko] (exp) a man is still a man even if his hair is tied with straw; a man is still a man even if he's poor [Add to Longdo] |