架け橋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
架	橋
か Grade: S	はし Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
掛け橋 懸け橋 架橋

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かけ​はし [kàkéꜜhàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ke̞ha̠ɕi]

Noun

架(か)け橋(はし) • (kakehashi) 

1. (figurative) a link, a connection, a go-between

   未(み)来(らい)への架(か)け橋(はし)を築(きず)く

   mirai e no kakehashi o kizuku

   build bridges to the future

   • 2019 March 22, “Nissei Kakehashi Kyōkai”, in Dream News‎^[1]:

     日(に)本(ほん)とスペインの文(ぶん)化(か)交(こう)流(りゅう)を図(はか)り、両(りょう)国(こく)の架(か)け橋(はし)になるべく活(かつ)動(どう)する、日(にっ)西(せい)架(か)け橋(はし)協(きょう)会(かい)

     Nihon to Supein no bunkakōryū o hakari, ryōkoku no kakehashi ni naru beku katsudō suru, Nissei Kakehashi Kyōkai

     For Japan and Spain's cultural exchange, Nissei Kakehashi Kyōkai carries out all necessary activities to act as a bridge between the two countries

2. (literally) a suspension bridge
   • 2009 October 10, Isomura Kōichi, “Ōsora o wataru Tsurunuma no kakehashi [Tsurunuma suspension bridge across open sky]”, in Ganref‎^[2]:

     波(なみ)一(ひと)つない静(しず)かな水(すい)面(めん)青(あお)い空(そら)と
     白(しろ)い雲(くも)が鏡(かがみ)のように映(うつ)り込(こ)みます
     サンゴ-草(そう)の原(げん)生(せい)地(ち)にと渡(わた)る吊(つ)り橋(ばし)は
     まるで空(そら)の架(か)け橋(はし)のようです

     Nami hitotsu nai shizukana suimen aoi sora to
     Shiroi kumo ga kagami no yō ni utsurikomimasu
     Sango-sō no genseichi ni to wataru tsuribashi wa
     Marude sora no kakehashi no yō desu

     Not a single wave, still water with blue sky,
     White clouds reflected like a mirror
     The rope bridge to the glasswort land
     Is as a thoroughly empty suspension bridge

3. a makeshift bridge, temporary bridge
   • 2004, Yūshō Sugawara, Jūdō seifuku chiryōhō [Judo therapy treatment], page 117:

     この太(ふと)いフィラメントと細(ほそ)いフィラメントをつなぐ突(とっ)起(き)は架(か)け橋(はし) (クロスブリッジ) と呼(よ)ばれる。

     Kono futoi firamento to hosoi firamento o tsunagu tokki wa kakehashi (kurosuburijji) to yobareru.

     This protuberance connecting the thick filament and the thin filament is called a kakehashi (crossbridge).