束(たば)

束(たば) refers to a group of things tied, wrapped, or held together.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

• 花束(はなたば): bouquet, bunch of flowers
• 札束(さつたば): wad of bills, stack of money
• 髪(かみ)の束(たば): a lock/bundle of hair

COUNTER USE:

Also functions as a counter for bundles:

• 一束(ひとたば): one bundle
• 二束(ふたたば): two bundles
• 三束(みたば): three bundles

COMMON PATTERNS:

• 束(たば)にする: to bundle together
• 束(たば)を解(ほど)く: to untie a bundle
• 束(たば)にして縛(しば)る: to tie into a bundle

IDIOM:
二束三文(にそくさんもん): dirt cheap (literally "two bundles for three mon" — an old coin of tiny value).