捩る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
捩
よじ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

捩(よじ)る • (yojiru) ←よぢる (yodiru)?transitive godan (stem 捩(よじ)り (yojiri), past 捩(よじ)った (yojitta))

Japanese verb pair
active 捩る
mediopassive 捩れる
  1. twist
  2. wrench, wrest
Conjugation
Conjugation of "捩る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 捩ら よじら yojira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 捩り よじり yojiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 捩る よじる yojiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 捩る よじる yojiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 捩れ よじれ yojire
Meireikei ("imperative") 捩れ よじれ yojire
Key constructions
Passive 捩られる よじられる yojirareru
Causative 捩らせる
捩らす 		よじらせる
よじらす 		yojiraseru
yojirasu
Potential 捩れる よじれる yojireru
Volitional 捩ろう よじろう yojirō
Negative 捩らない よじらない yojiranai
Negative continuative 捩らず よじらず yojirazu
Formal 捩ります よじります yojirimasu
Perfective 捩った よじった yojitta
Conjunctive 捩って よじって yojitte
Hypothetical conditional 捩れば よじれば yojireba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
捩
ねじ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 捩る – see the following entry.
【ねじる】
twist
Alternative spellings
捻る, 捻じる, 捩じる, 拗る
(This term, 捩る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
捩
もじ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 捩る – see the following entry.
【もじる】
(of a phrase) to parody; to pun on
(This term, 捩る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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