和英辞書

玉の緒

noun

a bead string; a jewelled necklace / (figuratively) life, existence / Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Siebold's stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii)

彼は玉の緒を手に持っていました。

He had a bead string in his hand.

意味（1）

a bead string; a jewelled necklace

始(はつ)春(はる)乃波都祢乃家布能多麻婆波伎手尓等流可良尓由良久(のはつねのけふのたまばはきてにとるからにゆらく)多麻能乎(たまのを) [Man'yōgana]初(はつ)春(はる)の初(はつ)子(ね)の今日(けふ)の玉(たま)箒(ばはき)手(て)に取(と)るからに揺(ゆ)らく玉(たま)の緒(を) [Modern spelling]

hatsuharu no hatsune no kyö no tamabahaki te ni toru kara ni yuraku tama no oAt the first of spring on the first Day of the Rat I take in hand the jewel broom, and all my soul tingles with the tinkling gems.

意味（2）

(figuratively) life, existence

玉(たま)の緒(を)よ絶(た)えなば絶(た)えねながらへば忍(しの)ぶることの弱(よわ)りもぞする

tama no o yo taenaba taene nagaraeba shinoburu koto no yowari mo zo suruString of beads, if you must break, break; if you last longer, my endurance is sure to weaken.

意味（3）

Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Siebold's stonecrop (Hylotelephium sieboldii)