捻る
ひねる
Also written 拈る, 撚る
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)
- to twist (a body part); to bend; to sprain
- to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck)
- to defeat easily; to beat
- to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate; to make peculiar; to make complicated
- to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)
- to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper
Kanji
- 捻 twist. Read as ひねる.
Example sentences
- そんな事は、彼にとっては赤子の手を捻るようなものだ。
For him, that will be like taking candy from a baby. - 私はその数学の難問に首をひねった。
I puzzled over the difficult math problem. - 私は石につまずいて、足首をひねってしまった。
I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle. - 彼をやり込めるくらい、赤子の手を捻るより簡単だよ。
Cornering him in an argument is easy—like taking candy from a baby. - 僕は首をひねる。このポーンではなくて、こっちのナイトを・・・。
I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
Common phrases
- 体をひねる
- 蛇口をひねる
- 手首をひねる
- 首をひねる (くびをひねる) to cock one's head in puzzlement
- 腰をひねる
- 足を捻る
- 足首をひねる
- 頭を捻る (あたまをひねる) to puzzle over