Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 綱引き(つなひき) in Japanese

綱引き, 綱曳き
Kana Reading
つなひき
Romaji
tsunahiki
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
    Example sentence
    「委員長、後は何を運ぶんだっけ？」「得点板と大玉もう一個、綱引きの綱」 Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again? "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    forward puller (of a rickshaw)
    Example sentence
    国会の動きはこの問題をめぐる与野党間の政治的綱引きとなった。 Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

Examples of 綱引き, 綱曳き, つなひき in a sentence

Kanji in this word

綱 JLPT 1

14 strokes

hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable

On'Yomi: コウ

Kun'Yomi: つな

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引 JLPT 4

4 strokes

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

On'Yomi: イン

Kun'Yomi: ひ.く, ひ.き, ひ.き-, -び.き, ひ.ける

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曳

6 strokes

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

On'Yomi: エイ

Kun'Yomi: ひ.く

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