糸
いと
thread, yarn
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Examples
針に糸を通します。
はりにいとをとおします。
I thread the needle.
赤い糸でボタンをつけました。
あかいいとでボタンをつけました。
I sewed the button on with red thread.
この糸は細くて切れやすいです。
このいとはほそくてきれやすいです。
This thread is thin and breaks easily.
Common patterns
- 糸を通す
- to thread (a needle)
- 針と糸
- needle and thread
- 赤い糸
- the red thread (of fate)
Memory tip
The character is a picture of twisted strands, and it shows up as the left-hand radical in 紙, 細 and 終. 赤い糸 is the invisible red thread said to tie two destined people together.
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