紡ぐ

• 読み: つむぐ
• ローマ字: tsumugu
• 漢字の分解: 紡 (bou/tsumu) — to spin thread, to produce yarn
• 発音: /tsɯ.mɯ.ɡɯ/

意味

To spin (thread); to weave a narrative; to create something with patience and continuity.

A Group 1 (godan) verb. Originally referred to the physical act of spinning raw fibre into thread. In modern Japanese, it is frequently used metaphorically: 言葉を紡ぐ (to weave words into prose), 物語を紡ぐ (to spin a tale). Carries a sense of patient, skilled creation — drawing something out thread by thread.

例文

1. 作家は言葉を丁寧に紡いで美しい物語を生み出した。
2. 祖母が糸車で羊毛を紡ぐ姿を今でも覚えている。
3. 二人は長年の友情の中で深い絆を紡いできた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, crafts, relationships

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese 紡 (tsumu-). The kanji depicts silk thread (糸) with a phonetic component suggesting the continuous drawing-out motion of spinning. Both the literal and figurative senses have been present since classical Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Classical-Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated