Vocab Info

N2 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

(ねじ)れるto twist, to wrench, to screw

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped

      Usually written using kana alone
    2. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

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

      Usually written using kana alone
    3. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      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. {to twist, to wrench, to screw}

      • N2

      性根(しょうこん)(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. {to twist, to wrench, to screw}

      • 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. {to twist, to wrench, to screw}

      • 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 are at odds, the school's operation will not go well. {to twist, to wrench, to screw}

      • N2

      (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, wouldn't it become impossible to untangle? {to twist, to wrench, to screw}

      • N2
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