Kanji
Readingにぎ
Frequency76%
Used in (34 in total)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to grasp tightly
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
handful; small amount; small number
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
to hold the key (to)
just a handful; only a small number (of)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to come to power; to assume the reins of government
miser; penny-pincher; one who makes nigirizushi, etc.; handle; grip
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
to make hand-rolled sushi
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing
grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory
farting into one's hand; cupping a fart
miser; grasping fellow
U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears
having nothing to do; idling
to let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand