| 絆 | きずな |
Compare: fetters ?
セツ or シツ ?
shackles = ashikase or 足枷
See: 愛 Ai suru. Note: indigo = Ai あい or 藍
Cf: amae 甘え as psychological dependence and reliance upon another or others: あまえ and the parent-child bond.
v: The Anatomy of Dependence by Takeo Doi, M.D.
v: The Japanese mind: understanding contemporary Japanese culture by Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
http://www.sociology.org/content/vol005.001/smith-nomi.html
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