架け橋

• 掛け橋
• 懸け橋

架け橋 (hiragana かけはし, rōmaji kakehashi)

1. (figuratively) a link, a connection, a go-between

   未来 (みらい)への架 (か)け橋 (はし)を築 (きず)く

   mirai e no kakehashi o kizuku

   build bridges to the future

   • 2019 March 22, “Nissei Kakehashi Kyōkai”, in Dream News‎:

     日 (に)本 (ほん)とスペインの文 (ぶん)化 (か)交 (こう)流 (りゅう)を図 (はか)り、両国 (りょうこく)の架 (か)け橋 (はし)になるべく活動 (かつどう)する、日 (にっ)西 (せい)架 (か)け橋 (はし)協会 (きょうかい)

     Nihon to Supein no bunkakōryū o hakari, ryōkoku no kakehashi ni naru beku katsudō suru, Nissei Kakehashi Kyōkai

     For Japan and Spain's cultural exchange, Nissei Kakehashi Kyōkai carries out all necessary activities to act as a bridge between the two countries

2. (literally) a suspension bridge
   • 2009 October 10, Isomura Kōichi, “Ōsora o wataru Tsurunuma no kakehashi [Tsurunuma suspension bridge across open sky]”, in Ganref‎:

     波 (なみ)一 (ひと)つない静 (しず)かな水面 (すいめん)青 (あお)い空 (そら)と/白 (しろ)い雲 (くも)が鏡 (かがみ)のように映 (うつ)り込 (こ)みます/サンゴ草 (くさ)の原 (げん)生 (せい)地 (ち)にと渡 (わた)る吊 (つ)り橋 (ばし)は/まるで空 (そら)の架 (か)け橋 (はし)のようです

     Nami hitotsu nai shizukana suimen aoi sora to / Shiroi kumo ga kagami no yō ni utsurikomimasu / Sango kusa no genseichi ni to wataru tsuribashi wa / Marude sora no kakehashi no yō desu

     Not a single wave, still water with blue sky, / White clouds reflected like a mirror / The rope bridge to the sango grass land / Is as a thoroughly empty suspension bridge

3. a makeshift bridge, temporary bridge
   • 2004, Yūshō Sugawara, Jūdō seifuku chiryōhō [Judo therapy treatment], page 117:

     この太 (ふと)いフィラメントと細 (ほそ)いフィラメントをつなぐ突 (とっ)起 (き)は架 (か)け橋 (はし)(クロスブリッジ)と呼 (よ)ばれる。

     Kono futoi firamento to hosoi firamento o tsunagu tokki wa kakehashi (kurosuburijji) to yobareru.

     This protuberance connecting the thick filament and the thin filament is called a kakehashi (cross-bridge).