結び付ける
Meaning in Englishto combine, to join, to tie on, to attach with a knot
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What it means
What does 結び付ける mean? It means to connect or link something physically or conceptually, or to establish a relationship between elements; it covers tying objects as well as forming a relation between ideas or factors.
Main meanings
- 1) physical binding: tying or fastening two objects or materials
- 2) conceptual linking: establishing a relationship between ideas, factors, or events
- 3) data or relational linking: mapping or associating entities in a system or dataset
How to use it
Used in formal and informal contexts to describe linking physically or conceptually; common in discussions of relationships, causality, and data relations; in IT or business, it denotes establishing connections between systems, records, or processes. In everyday speech it can describe tying knots or fastening items.
Variants and close terms
- 結ぶ (musubu) — to tie, bind
- 関連付ける (kanren tsukeru) — to relate, connect
- 結びつく (musubitsuku) — to become bound or linked
- リンクする (rinku suru) — to link (loanword)
Composition
- 結ぶ: to tie or bind; the core action of bringing ends together
- 付ける: to attach or apply; adds the sense of attaching a relation
- 結び付ける: the combined verb meaning to connect or relate both physically and conceptually
Etymology
結び付ける is formed from 結ぶ and 付ける, where the first conveys binding and the second attaching, combining to express linking on both physical and abstract levels. The reading is derived from concatenating musubi- with tsukeru to yield musubitsukeru.
Word class
verb (動詞)