繰

putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion

reel; spinner

being resourceful (esp. with household finances); being good at managing things

to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

automaton clock; marionette clock

to be moved back (e.g. date, rank, order); to be postponed

Mathematics

to be borrowed (of a number in subtraction)

to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in

reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand

てぐり only

transport by passing from hand to hand (e.g. in a bucket brigade); passing along a human chain

てぐり only

arrangements; managing

Abbreviation

dragnet

financing; raising funds

peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

to arrange; to manage

座繰り／坐繰り／座繰／坐繰 only

reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Esp. 座ぐり

counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing

Esp. 座刳り

hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)

to haul in hand over hand

to overcharge; to rip off; to rob; to soak

to reel in; to haul in

Sumo

pulling inside ankle sweep

managing to find a way (to raise money, make ends meet, etc.); contriving

repetitious harping of the elderly; oft-repeated tales by old folks; tedious and repetitive talk of old people; old man's rambling

cotton ginning

spinning wheel

cotton gin; cotton ginning machine

dragnet

incorrect assignment (e.g. entering against the wrong account, delivering to the wrong location)

robbery

Colloquial

(intentional) overcharging; rip-off; highway robbery