金縛り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かな
Grade: 1
しば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (kana, metal) + 縛り (shibari, binding). kana is unbound form of (kane); shibari is the nominalized form of the verb 縛る (shibaru, to bind).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かな)(しば) (kanashibari) 

  1. (as if by metal chains) tightly bound
  2. sleep paralysis

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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