吊(つ)り橋(ばし)

つりばし
noun
suspension bridge; rope bridge
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1. suspension bridge; rope bridge
A bridge hung from cables or ropes, from a swaying footbridge over a mountain gorge to a large modern suspension bridge.
吊(つ)り橋(ばし)を渡(わた)る。
To cross a suspension bridge.
古(ふる)い吊(つ)り橋(ばし)がゆらゆら揺(ゆ)れている。
The old rope bridge is swaying.
谷(たに)にかかる吊(つ)り橋(ばし)は高(たか)さが百(ひゃく)メートルもあり、下(した)を見(み)ると足(あし)がすくむ。
The suspension bridge over the valley is a hundred meters high, and looking down makes my legs freeze.

吊(つ)る (to hang) + 橋(はし); hashi becomes -bashi in the compound (rendaku). Also written つり橋(ばし).

Common expressions

  • 吊(つ)り橋(ばし)効果(こうか): the suspension-bridge effect, the idea that a racing heart from fear can be mistaken for romantic attraction

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Related: 歩道橋(ほどうきょう) (pedestrian overpass)
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