Dictionary: “糸”

beginning;start;first step

clue;lead;hint

thread end

thread

to fish;to have a line in the water

end;conclusion;ending

silk reeling;silk spinning;filature;silk reeler;silk spinner

to find a clue;to make a beginning

basketfish (Kentrocapros aculeatus)

waste thread;lint;fluff

yarn seller

textile boom

damselfly (Zygoptera spp.);demoiselle

chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)

to pull (the puppet) strings;to direct things from behind the scenes

to spin into yarn

binding of plates with colored laces (in traditional suits of armor)

droopy-branch cherry tree

marionette manipulation

to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)

golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus);besugo

trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium)

reel;spool

bottom rim of earthenware cup

konnyaku cut into fine threads;konjac noodles

Myersina filifer (species of goby)

attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)

silk or paper with cotton threads

African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)

canine tooth

thin strips of raw fish and squid

thread to make seams conspicuous

dental floss

scroll saw

price of silk thread

pegbox (of a shamisen, etc.)

thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)

woman factory worker in weaving industry

to stretch a string

to braid string

harebell;bluebell

spool (of thread);reel;bobbin

stretching out a string;stretching out like a string

stringlike;thready;linear;filamentous;filiform

groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument

weeping willow

cypress (Cupressus sp.)

bottom rim of cup or bowl

kanji "thread" radical at left