握る
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 握 |
| にぎ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 把る |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 握る
| Plain | 握る | にぎる | [nìgírú] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conjunctive | 握って | にぎって | [nìgítté] |
| Perfective | 握った | にぎった | [nìgíttá] |
| Negative | 握らない | にぎらない | [nìgíránáí] |
| Negative perfective | 握らなかった | にぎらなかった | [nìgíránáꜜkàttà] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 握れば | にぎれば | [nìgíréꜜbà] |
| Past conditional | 握ったら | にぎったら | [nìgíttáꜜrà] |
| Imperative | 握れ | にぎれ | [nìgíré] |
| Volitional | 握ろう | にぎろー | [nìgíróꜜò] |
| Desiderative | 握りたい | にぎりたい | [nìgírítáí] |
| Formal | 握ります | にぎります | [nìgírímáꜜsù] |
| Formal negative | 握りません | にぎりません | [nìgírímáséꜜǹ] |
| Formal volitional | 握りましょう | にぎりましょー | [nìgírímáshóꜜò] |
| Formal perfective | 握りました | にぎりました | [nìgírímáꜜshìtà] |
| Continuative | 握り 握りに |
にぎり にぎりに |
[nìgírí] [nìgírí ní] |
| Negative continuative | 握らず 握らずに |
にぎらず にぎらずに |
[nìgírázú] [nìgírázú ní] |
| Passive | 握られる | にぎられる | [nìgírárérú] |
| Causative | 握らせる 握らす |
にぎらせる にぎらす |
[nìgírásérú] [nìgírású] |
| Potential | 握れる | にぎれる | [nìgírérú] |
Verb
[edit]握る • (nigiru) transitive godan (stem 握り (nigiri), past 握った (nigitta))
- to grasp, to grip, to hold
- 手を握る
- te o nigiru
- to shake hands
- 手を握る
- to seize, to take hold of
- 実権を握る
- jikken o nigiru
- to seize power
- 実権を握る
- to press into shape, to hold together, to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc.)
- 寿司を握る
- sushi o nigiru
- to make sushi
- 寿司を握る
Conjugation
[edit]| 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 |
References
[edit]- “握る”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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