N21432/1725

捻ひねる

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbdated term

Reading

ひねる

Meanings

to twist, to wrench, to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)
to twist (a body part), to bend, to sprain
to strangle (to death), to wring (an animal's neck)
to defeat easily, to beat
to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate, to make peculiar, to make complicated
to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)
to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper

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Example sentences

蛇口じゃぐちをひねって水みずを出だしてください。

Please turn the tap to let the water out.

彼かれは柔道じゅうどうの試合しあいで相手あいてを軽かるくひねった。

He easily defeated his opponent in the judo match.

足首あしくびをひねってしまい、しばらく歩あるけなかった。

I sprained my ankle and couldn't walk for a while.

彼女かのじょはいつも頭あたまをひねって独創的どくそうてきなデザインを作つくり出だす。

She always wracks her brain to come up with original designs.

問題もんだいをひねりすぎると、受験者じゅけんしゃが混乱こんらんするおそれがある。

If you make the questions too complicated, there is a risk that examinees will get confused.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)