JLPT N3 · Verb

結ぶ (musubu)

結ぶ (むすぶ, musubu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tie; to bind”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むすぶ
Romaji: musubu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to tie; to bind; to link · godan verb, transitive
to bear (fruit) · godan verb, transitive
to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to conclude · godan verb, transitive
to connect (two distant places) · godan verb, transitive
to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼らは都市を鉄道で結ぶことを計画中だ。

They are planning to connect the cities with a railroad.

実も結ぶが、挿し木でも根付くらしい？

It bears fruit, but it seems it may even set root from cuttings?

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 結ぶ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	結ぶ	むすぶ musubu
Polite (~masu)	結びます	むすびます musubimasu
Negative	結ばない	むすばない musubanai
Polite negative	結びません	むすびません musubimasen
Past	結んだ	むすんだ musunda
Polite past	結びました	むすびました musubimashita
Negative past	結ばなかった	むすばなかった musubanakatta
Te-form	結んで	むすんで musunde
Potential	結べる	むすべる musuberu
Passive	結ばれる	むすばれる musubareru
Causative	結ばせる	むすばせる musubaseru
Volitional	結ぼう	むすぼう musubou
Imperative	結べ	むすべ musube
Conditional (~ba)	結べば	むすべば musubeba

Kanji in 結ぶ

tie, bind, contractケツ・ケチ・むす.ぶ・ゆ.う · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 結ぶ.

結構けっこうsplendid結婚けっこんmarriage結果けっかresult結局けっきょくafter all結論けつろんconclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.)結核けっかくtuberculosis結合けつごうcombination結晶けっしょうcrystal結成けっせいformation結束けっそくunion妥結だけつsettlement団結だんけつunity結びむすびending結び付きむすびつきconnection

Source: JMdict entry 1254670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.