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束ねる

たばねる

to bundle; to tie up; to lead (a group)

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Examples

  1. 新聞を紐で束ねた。

    しんぶんをひもでたばねた。

    I tied the newspapers into a bundle with string.

  2. 彼女は長い髪を後ろで束ねている。

    かのじょはながいかみをうしろでたばねている。

    She ties her long hair back.

  3. 彼は百人の社員を束ねるリーダーだ。

    かれはひゃくにんのしゃいんをたばねるリーダーだ。

    He is the leader who holds a hundred employees together.

Common patterns

髪を束ねる
to tie one's hair back
新聞を束ねる
to bundle newspapers
組織を束ねる
to lead an organization

Memory tip

The noun 束 (たば) means 'a bundle', and 束ねる is making one. The figurative use is common too: 組織を束ねる means holding a group together as its leader.

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