握る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
握
にぎ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "握る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		握る にぎる
Imperative (命令形) 握れ にぎれ
Key constructions
Passive 握られる にぎられる
Causative 握らせる にぎらせる
Potential 握れる にぎれる
Volitional 握ろう にぎろ​ー
Negative 握らない にぎらない
Negative perfective 握らなかった にぎらな​かった
Formal 握ります にぎりま​す
Perfective 握った にぎった
Conjunctive 握って にぎって
Hypothetical conditional 握れば にぎれ​ば

Verb

握(にぎ)る • (nigiru) transitive godan (stem 握(にぎ)り (nigiri), past 握(にぎ)った (nigitta))

  1. to grasp, to grip, to hold
    手(て)を握(にぎ)る
    te o nigiru
    to shake hands
  2. to seize, to take hold of
    実権(じっけん)を握(にぎ)る
    jikken o nigiru
    to seize power
  3. to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape
    寿司(すし)を握(にぎ)る
    sushi o nigiru
    to make sushi

Conjugation

Conjugation of "握る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 握ら にぎら nigira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 握り にぎり nigiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 握る にぎる nigiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 握る にぎる nigiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 握れ にぎれ nigire
Meireikei ("imperative") 握れ にぎれ nigire
Key constructions
Passive 握られる にぎられる nigirareru
Causative 握らせる
握らす 		にぎらせる
にぎらす 		nigiraseru
nigirasu
Potential 握れる にぎれる nigireru
Volitional 握ろう にぎろう nigirō
Negative 握らない にぎらない nigiranai
Negative continuative 握らず にぎらず nigirazu
Formal 握ります にぎります nigirimasu
Perfective 握った にぎった nigitta
Conjunctive 握って にぎって nigitte
Hypothetical conditional 握れば にぎれば nigireba
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