捻る

See also: 撚る

Japanese

Alternative spellings
撚る拈る

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	捻る	ひねる	`[hìnéꜜrù]`
Imperative (命令形)	捻れ	ひねれ	`[hìnéꜜrè]`
Key constructions
Passive	捻られる	ひねられる	`[hìnéráréꜜrù]`
Causative	捻らせる	ひねらせる	`[hìnéráséꜜrù]`
Potential	捻れる	ひねれる	`[hìnéréꜜrù]`
Volitional	捻ろう	ひねろー	`[hìnéróꜜò]`
Negative	捻らない	ひねらない	`[hìnéráꜜnàì]`
Negative perfective	捻らなかった	ひねらなかった	`[hìnéráꜜnàkàttà]`
Formal	捻ります	ひねります	`[hìnérímáꜜsù]`
Perfective	捻った	ひねった	`[hìnéꜜttà]`
Conjunctive	捻って	ひねって	`[hìnéꜜttè]`
Hypothetical conditional	捻れば	ひねれば	`[hìnéꜜrèbà]`

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

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)
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”)
To twist a part of the body.

Conjugation of "捻る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

For pronunciation and definitions of 捻る – see the following entry.

[verb] twist

(This term, 捻る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN