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玉の緒

proverb

by connecting beads into a string thereby making the space shorter, shortness of something

彼は玉の緒を引くような行動をとった。

He acted as if he was pulling the string of a jewel.

意味（1）

by connecting beads into a string thereby making the space shorter, shortness of something

逢(あ)ふことは玉(たま)の緒(を)ばかり思(おも)ほえてつらき心(こころ)の長(なが)く見(み)ゆらむ

au koto wa tama no o bakari omōete tsuraki kokoro no nagaki miyuranOur meetings are short as the spaces between the gems of a necklace. Longer-lasting indeed is your heartlessness.