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つね

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

to pinch, to nip

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょおこってかれうでつねった

She pinched his arm in anger.

ゆめかどうかたしかめるためにほおつねってみた

I tried pinching my cheek to check if it was a dream.

子供こどもころあにうでつねられていたことがある。

When I was a child, I once cried after being pinched on the arm by my older brother.

そんなにつよつねらないでくださいいたいです。

Please don't pinch so hard, it hurts.

眠気ねむけますために自分じぶんふとももをつねものもいるという。

It is said that there are those who pinch their own thighs to ward off drowsiness.