捻る

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See also: 撚る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
捻
ひね
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
撚る
拈る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「捻る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		捻る ひねる
Imperative (命令形) 捻れ ひねれ
Key constructions
Passive 捻られる ひねられる
Causative 捻らせる ひねらせる
Potential 捻れる ひねれる
Volitional 捻ろう ひねろー
Negative 捻らない ひねらない
Negative perfective 捻らなかった ひねらなかった
Formal 捻ります ひねります
Perfective 捻った ひねった
Conjunctive 捻って ひねって
Hypothetical conditional 捻れば ひねれば

Verb

捻(ひね)る • (hineru) transitive godan (stem 捻(ひね)り (hineri), past 捻(ひね)った (hinetta))

  1. twist, to turn by pinching or twisting with fingers.
    とりをひねる
    tori o hineru
    Twist the chicken's neck (to kill it)
  2. turn a faucet on or off
    蛇口(じゃぐち)をひねる
    jaguchi o hineru
    to turn the faucet on/off
    (literally, “to twist the faucet”)
  3. To twist a part of the body.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "捻る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 捻ら ひねら hinera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 捻り ひねり hineri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 捻る ひねる hineru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 捻る ひねる hineru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 捻れ ひねれ hinere
Meireikei ("imperative") 捻れ ひねれ hinere
Key constructions
Passive 捻られる ひねられる hinerareru
Causative 捻らせる
捻らす 		ひねらせる
ひねらす 		hineraseru
hinerasu
Potential 捻れる ひねれる hinereru
Volitional 捻ろう ひねろう hinerō
Negative 捻らない ひねらない hineranai
Negative continuative 捻らず ひねらず hinerazu
Formal 捻ります ひねります hinerimasu
Perfective 捻った ひねった hinetta
Conjunctive 捻って ひねって hinette
Hypothetical conditional 捻れば ひねれば hinereba

Etymology 2

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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