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接ぐ

つぐ

to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (trees)

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Examples

  1. 医者は彼の折れた足を接いだ。

    いしゃはかれのおれたあしをついだ。

    The doctor set his broken leg.

  2. 職人が割れた茶碗を接いで直した。

    しょくにんがわれたちゃわんをついでなおした。

    A craftsman pieced the broken tea bowl back together.

  3. 桜の枝を台木に接ぐ。

    さくらのえだをだいぎにつぐ。

    You graft a cherry branch onto the rootstock.

Common patterns

骨を接ぐ
to set a bone
木を接ぐ
to graft a tree
接ぎ木
grafting

Memory tip

The つぐ of joining two separate or broken pieces — bones (骨接ぎ) and plants (接ぎ木). Keep it apart from its homophones 継ぐ (to succeed to, to inherit) and 注ぐ (to pour a drink).

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