Search Terms: *捻*
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Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to twist, to wrench, to turn (a switch on or off, etc.), to wring (a neck)(usually kana)
2.
to puzzle over(usually kana)
3.
to defeat easily(usually kana)
Other readings:
ひねる《拈る》
、ひねる《撚る》
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.)
Other readings:
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 take candy from a baby, to accomplish something with ease, to twist a baby's arm(obscure, idiom )
See also:赤子の手をひねる
Other readings:
赤子の腕を捻る【あかごのうでをねじる】
、赤子の腕を捻る【あかごのうでをひねる】
、赤子の腕をねじる【あかごのうでをねじる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to take candy from a baby, to accomplish something with ease, to twist a baby's arm(idiom )
See also:赤子の腕をひねる
Other readings:
赤子の手を捻る【あかごのてをひねる】
、赤子の手を捻る【あかごのてをねじる】
、赤子の手をねじる【あかごのてをねじる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to puzzle over, to think deeply about, to rack one's brains over (wrack)
Other readings:
頭をひねる【あたまをひねる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to cock one's head in puzzlement, to tilt one's head in contemplation, to wrack one's brain, to think hard
Other readings:
首を捻る【くびをひねる】
noun
•
string made from twisted paper
Other readings:
紙縒り【かみより】
、紙縒【こより】
、紙縒【かみより】
、紙撚り【こより】
、紙撚り【かみより】
、紙撚【こより】
、紙撚【かみより】
、紙捻り【こより】
、紙捻り【かみより】
、紙捻【こより】
、紙捻【かみより】
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
Kanji results(showing 1 results)
Common kanji
twirl, twist, play with
KUN:
- ね.じるne.jiru
- ねじ.るneji.ru
- ひね.くるhine.kuru
- ひね.るhine.ru
ON:
- ネンnen
- ジョウjou