捻る

See also: 撚る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ひね
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
撚る
拈る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 捻る
Plain 捻る [hìnéꜜrù]
Conjunctive 捻って って [hìnéꜜttè]
Perfective 捻った った [hìnéꜜttà]
Negative 捻らない ねらない [hìnéráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 捻らなかった ねらなかった [hìnéráꜜnàkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 捻れば れば [hìnéꜜrèbà]
Past conditional 捻ったら ったら [hìnéꜜttàrà]
Imperative 捻れ [hìnéꜜrè]
Volitional 捻ろう ねろ [hìnéróꜜò]
Desiderative 捻りたい ねりた [hìnérítáꜜì]
Formal 捻ります ねりま [hìnérímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 捻りません ねりませ [hìnérímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 捻りましょう ねりましょ [hìnérímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 捻りました ねりました [hìnérímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 捻り
捻りに

りに
[hìnéꜜrì]
[hìnéꜜrì nì]
Negative continuative 捻らず
捻らずに
ねら
ねらずに
[hìnéráꜜzù]
[hìnéráꜜzù nì]
Passive 捻られる ねられ [hìnéráréꜜrù]
Causative 捻らせる
捻らす
ねらせ
ねら
[hìnéráséꜜrù]
[hìnéráꜜsù]
Potential 捻れる ねれ [hìnéréꜜrù]

Verb

(ひね) • (hinerutransitive godan (stem (ひね) (hineri), past (ひね)った (hinetta))

  1. twist, to turn by pinching or twisting with fingers.
    とりをひねる
    tori o hineru
    Twist the chicken's neck (to kill it)
  2. turn a faucet on or off
    蛇口(じゃぐち)ひねる
    jaguchi o hineru
    to turn the faucet on/off
    (literally, “to twist the faucet”)
  3. To twist a part of the body.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ねじ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 捻る – see the following entry.
ねじる
[verb] twist
Alternative spellings
捻じる, 捩る, 捩じる, 拗る
(This term, 捻る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN