根締め

Reading

Kana: ねじめ

Romaji: nejime

Definitions

noun

1

pounding down earth around the roots of a tree

2

adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana

Kanji

根

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね

Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)

締

Readings: テイ、 し.まる、 し.まり、 し.める、 -し.め、 -じ.め

Meanings: tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten