Vocab Info

N2 る-verb, Intransitive verb

(ねじ)れるto twist, to wrench, to screw

    Dictionary Definition

    1. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped

        Usually written using kana alone
      2. 2.

        to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.), to become warped, to become perverse, to become contrary

        Usually written using kana alone
      3. 3.

        to become troubled, to become complicated, to become strained

        Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    捩れる 【ねじれる】捻れる 【ねじれる】拗れる 【ねじれる】捻じれる 【ねじれる】捩じれる 【ねじれる】

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    Examples

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      (かれ)性格(せいかく)(ねじ)れている。素直(すなお)ではない。

      His personality is twisted. He is not honest.

      • N2

      性根(しょうね)(ねじ)れている(かれ)(みな)から(きら)われています。

      He is disliked by everyone because he has a twisted personality.

      • N2

      コードが(ねじ)れていたので、()()ぐに(もど)しました。

      The cord was twisted, so I straightened it.

      • N2

      校長(こうちょう)先生(せんせい)(ふく)校長(こうちょう)先生(せんせい)(ねじ)れていては学校(がっこう)運営(うんえい)上手(うま)くいきません。

      If the principal and the vice principal's relations become strained, the school's management will not go well.

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      (ねじ)れた(ひも)をそのままにしていたら、(ほど)けなくなってしまうのではないだろうか。

      If I leave the twisted string as it is, won't it become impossible to untangle?

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