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握る

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
にぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru.

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「握る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
握る ぎる [nìgírú]
Imperative (命令形) 握れ ぎれ [nìgíré]
Key constructions
Passive 握られる ぎられる [nìgírárérú]
Causative 握らせる ぎらせる [nìgírásérú]
Potential 握れる ぎれる [nìgírérú]
Volitional 握ろう ぎろ [nìgíróꜜò]
Negative 握らない ぎらない [nìgíránáí]
Negative perfective 握らなかった ぎらなかった [nìgíránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 握ります ぎりま [nìgírímáꜜsù]
Perfective 握った ぎった [nìgíttá]
Conjunctive 握って ぎって [nìgítté]
Hypothetical conditional 握れば ぎれ [nìgíréꜜbà]

Verb

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(にぎ) (nigirutransitive godan (stem (にぎ) (nigiri), past (にぎ)った (nigitta))

  1. to grasp, to grip, to hold
    ()(にぎ)
    te o nigiru
    to shake hands
  2. to seize, to take hold of
    実権(じっけん)(にぎ)
    jikken o nigiru
    to seize power
  3. to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape
    寿司(すし)(にぎ)
    sushi o nigiru
    to make sushi

Conjugation

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