Kanji details for 捩
捩
screw, twist, wrench, distort
KUN:
- よじ.るyoji.ru
- ね.じるne.jiru
- ねじ.れるneji.reru
- もじ.るmoji.ru
ON:
- レイrei
- レツretsu
Example words(showing 1-10 of 33 results)
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to screw, to twist(usually kana)
2.
to distort, to parody, to make a pun(esp. もじる)
3.
to torture, to wrest
Other readings:
ねじる《捻る》
、ねじる《拗る》
、ねじる《捩じる》[1]
、ねじる《捻じる》[1]
、ねじる《拗じる》[1]
、よじる《捩る》
、もじる《捩る》
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
screw(usually kana)
2.
key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
All readings:
ねじ《螺子》
、ねじ《捻子》
、ねじ《捩子》
、ねじ《螺旋》
、らし《螺子》
、ネジ
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped(usually kana)
2.
to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.), to become warped, to become perverse, to become contrary(usually kana)
3.
to become troubled, to become complicated, to become strained(usually kana)
Other readings:
ねじれる《捻れる》
、ねじれる《拗れる》
、ねじれる《捻じれる》
、ねじれる《捩じれる》
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to make a pun on a word
All readings:
言葉をもじる【ことばをもじる】
、言葉を捩る【ことばをもじる】
noun
1.
turning an object in the wrong direction
2.
retort
Other readings:
逆ねじ【さかねじ】
、逆捻【さかねじ】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression, Godan-u verb
•
to have the tables turned on one
See also:逆捩じ
Other readings:
逆ねじを食う【さかねじをくう】
、逆捩を食う【さかねじをくう】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression, Ichidan verb
•
to retort, to turn the tables (on someone)
Other readings:
逆ねじを食わせる【さかねじをくわせる】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to wrench open
Other readings:
捩開ける【ねじあける】
、ねじ開ける【ねじあける】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
All readings:
ねじ上げる【ねじあげる】
、捩じ上げる【ねじあげる】
、捩上げる【ねじあげる】
noun
•
Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ネジキ