See also: 撚る

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 [hìnéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 捻れ [hìnéꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 捻られる ねられ [hìnéráréꜜrù]
Causative 捻らせる ねらせ [hìnéráséꜜrù]
Potential 捻れる ねれ [hìnéréꜜrù]
Volitional 捻ろう ねろ [hìnéróꜜò]
Negative 捻らない ねらない [hìnéráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 捻らなかった ねらなかった [hìnéráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 捻ります ねりま [hìnérímáꜜsù]
Perfective 捻った った [hìnéꜜttà]
Conjunctive 捻って って [hìnéꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 捻れば れば [hìnéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

(ひね) (hinerutransitive godan (stem (ひね) (hineri), past (ひね)った (hinetta))

  1. twist
  2. turn a faucet on or off
    蛇口(じゃぐち)ひねる
    jaguchi o hineru
    to turn the faucet on/off
    (literally, “to twist the faucet”)
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
ねじ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 捻る – see the following entry.
ねじる
[verb] 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 edit

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