N21681/1725

螺子ねじ

gikun or jukujikunrarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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ねじ

Meanings

screw
key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring

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Example sentences

このねじが緩ゆるんでいるので、締しめ直なおしてください。

This screw is loose, so please tighten it again.

時計とけいのねじを巻まくのを忘わすれて、止とまってしまった。

I forgot to wind the clock's spring, and it stopped.

棚たなを組くみ立たてるために、いくつかのねじが必要ひつようだ。

I need several screws to assemble the shelf.

ねじが錆さびついていて、どうしても外はずすことができなかった。

The screw was rusted and I couldn't remove it no matter what.

精密せいみつ機器ききの修理しゅうりには、非常ひじょうに小ちいさなねじが使用しようされることが多おおい。

Very small screws are often used in the repair of precision instruments.

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.)