noun
Refers to the line or point where two things are joined, such as in sewing, welding, or connecting parts.
このパイプの継ぎ目から水が漏れている。
Water is leaking from the joint of this pipe.
布の継ぎ目がほつれてきた。
The seam of the cloth has come undone.
Compound of 継ぎ (tsugi, 'joining', continuative form of 継ぐ) and 目 (me, 'eye; point; mark'), literally 'joining point'.