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捻
1
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
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)
1
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
1
to curve; to twist
2
to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
赤子の手をひねる赤子の手を捻る赤子の手をねじるあかごのてをひねる (赤子の手をひねる/赤子の手を捻る)あかごのてをねじる (赤子の手を捻る/赤子の手をねじる)ExpressionGodan verbFreq #65886
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Idiomatic expression
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm
Examples
そんな事は、彼にとっては赤子の手を捻るようなものだ。
For him, that will be like taking candy from a baby.
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(one small) fine-tuning; reworking
2
easily beating; easily defeating
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to twist; to twirl
2
to fiddle around with; to play with; to rewrite
3
to rack one's brains
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to twist (e.g. someone's arm); to wrench
Examples
彼は私の腕をねじり上げた。
He twisted my arm.
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to crush with one's fingers (an insect, etc.); to kill with ease; to snuff out
