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首をひねる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 首をひねる.
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Entry
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.
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