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  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

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

    Usually written using kana alone

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

    Usually written using kana alone

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

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to defeat easily; to beat

    Usually written using kana alone

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

    Usually written using kana alone

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

    Usually written using kana alone

  7. to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper

    Usually written using kana aloneDated term

Also written 拈る【ひねる】撚る【ひねる】

Pitch on OJAD

More words

捻挫ねんざ

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbsprain; twist; wrench

Common
捻出ねんしゅつ

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbmanaging (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money) · working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising; contriving

捻転ねんてん

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbtwisting; torsion

捻りひねり

Nountwist; spin · ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); taste · monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper

捻軍ねんぐん

NounNian Rebellion (of China; 1851-1868)

捻くるひねくる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto twirl; to spin · to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)

捻り手ひねりて

Nountwisting techniques

捻髪音ねんぱつおん

Nouncrepitus; crepitation

捻じ桔梗ねじききょう

Nountwisted Chinese bellflower crest

捻り出すひねりだす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto work out; to think up; to devise; to come up with · to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

捻り潰すひねりつぶす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto pinch and crush; to pinch out

捻くれるひねくれる

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto become twisted; to grow distorted; to be curved; to bend · to get sulky; to sulk · to grow bitter; to become embittered; to become perverse

捻じ曲がるねじまがる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

螺子ネジ

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

CommonN1
捩るねじる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto twist; to screw; to wrench · to sprain

N2
捩れねじれ

Nountwist; wrench; distortion; kink; warp · torsion

捩れるねじれる

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped · to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contrary · to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strained

N1
ねじ込むねじこむ

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verbto screw in · to thrust into; to push into; to shove into; to squeeze in (e.g. a meeting) · to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

ねじ切るねじきる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto twist off

捩じくれるねじくれる

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto curve; to twist · to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious

ねじ曲げるねじまげる

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto bend by twisting; to twist; to contort · to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

ねじ上げるねじあげる

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto twist (e.g. someone's arm); to wrench

ねじ伏せるねじふせる

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor · to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

ねじ向けるねじむける

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto twist

ひねくれ者ひねくれもの

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

ひねり回すひねりまわす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto fiddle with; to play with

ひねり殺すひねりころす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto crush with one's fingers (an insect, etc.); to kill with ease; to snuff out

ひねくり回すひねくりまわす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto twist; to twirl · to fiddle around with; to play with; to rewrite · to rack one's brains

ねじり上げるねじりあげる

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto twist (e.g. someone's arm); to wrench

ねじれの位置ねじれのいち

Nounskew lines