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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

捩ねじる

N2
ねじる nejiru
  1. to twist
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

扭;拧

Examples

  • その取とっ手てを右みぎにねじると箱はこは開あきます。
    Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
    把那个把手向右拧,箱子就会打开。
  • 背はい後ごに声こえがしたので彼かの女じょは体からだをねじって振ふり返かえった。
    She twists around at a voice behind.
    身后传来声音,她扭身回头看。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f3946a0625'); // 捩る
{
  "id": "f3946a0625",
  "word": "捩る",
  "reading": "ねじる",
  "romaji": "nejiru",
  "meanings": [
    "to twist"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1611090,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。",
      "furigana": "その{取|と}っ{手|て}を{右|みぎ}にねじると{箱|はこ}は{開|あ}きます。",
      "en": "Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.",
      "tatoeba_id": 209521
    },
    {
      "ja": "背後に声がしたので彼女は体をねじって振り返った。",
      "furigana": "{背後|はいご}に{声|こえ}がしたので{彼女|かのじょ}は{体|からだ}をねじって{振|ふ}り{返|かえ}った。",
      "en": "She twists around at a voice behind.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121547
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b18bb0ed09a5b98531d6d2ff2e8469256a88cba0f15365a11c5f72b228155551",
    "meanings": [
      "扭",
      "拧"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。",
        "zh": "把那个把手向右拧,箱子就会打开。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "背後に声がしたので彼女は体をねじって振り返った。",
        "zh": "身后传来声音,她扭身回头看。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/f3946a0625",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1611090; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "bf6b85368a7a8cf9cadbcb97bf451a905a7b97390245cefd7d8143504255e223"
  }
}