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ひねる捻る拈る撚るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #7092
1

to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)

2

to twist (a body part); to bend; to sprain

Examples
私は石につまずいて、足首をひねってしまった。
I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.
3

to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck)

4

to defeat easily; to beat

5

to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate; to make peculiar; to make complicated

6

to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)

7

Dated term

to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper

ひねくれる捻くれる拈くれるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #17587
1

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to be curved; to bend

2

to get sulky; to sulk

3

to grow bitter; to become embittered; to become perverse

捻出ねんしゅつ拈出NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #27313
1

managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money)

Examples
二人はローンの頭金を捻出できなかった。
The couple wasn't able to produce the down payment for the loan.
2

working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising; contriving

捻挫ねんざNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #27623
1

sprain; twist; wrench

Examples
滑って足首を捻挫した。
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
捻じ曲がるねじ曲がるねじまがる捩じ曲がるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #28096
1

to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

ひねり捻り拈り撚りNounFreq #30492
1

Word usually written using kana alone

twist; spin

2

Word usually written using kana alone

ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); taste

3

Word usually written using kana alone

monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper

4

Sumo

twisting throw

捻り出すひねり出すひねりだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #32795
1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to come up with

2

to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

捻り潰すひねり潰すひねりつぶすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #48321
1

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

ひねくる捻くる拈くるTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #69680
1

to twirl; to spin

2

to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)

捻転ねんてんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #103796
1

twisting; torsion

捻髪音ねんぱつおんNounFreq #311242
1

Medicine

crepitus; crepitation

捻じ桔梗ねじききょうNoun
1

twisted Chinese bellflower crest

捻り手ひねりてNoun
1

Sumo

twisting techniques

捻軍ねんぐんNoun
1

Historical term

Nian Rebellion (of China; 1851-1868)

首をひねる首を捻るくびをひねるExpressionGodan verbFreq #9990
1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

Examples
私はその数学の難問に首をひねった。
I puzzled over the difficult math problem.
ねじ込む捻じ込むねじこむ捩じ込むGodan verbFreq #11697
1

Transitive verb

to screw in

Examples
彼は手紙をポケットにねじ込んだ。
He shoved the letter into his pocket.
2

Transitive verb

to thrust into; to push into; to shove into; to squeeze in (e.g. a meeting)

3

Intransitive verb

to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

ねじ伏せる捻じ伏せるねじふせる捩じ伏せるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #15400
1

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor

2

to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

ねじる捩る捻る拗るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #15422
1

to twist; to screw; to wrench

Examples
その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。
Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
2

to sprain

ねじ曲げる捻じ曲げるねじまげる捩じ曲げるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #19780
1

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort

2

to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

ねじれる捩れる捻れる拗れる捻じれる捩じれるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #23393
1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped

Examples
ほのかな光が俺のねじれた視界を幻影に変えてゆく。
Light shines on my sigh of doubt.
2

to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contrary

3

to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strained

ネジ《ねじ》螺子捻子捩子螺旋NounUsually kanaFreq #28498
1

screw

Examples
この機械は１時間に千個のねじを製造する。
This machine cranks out a thousand screws an hour.
2

key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring

頭を捻る頭をひねるあたまをひねるExpressionGodan verbFreq #34096
1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

ひねくれ者捻くれ者ひねくれものNounFreq #41039
1

contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

ねじくれる捩じくれる拗じくれる捻じくれるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #41291
1

to curve; to twist

2

to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious

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