Keyword
wrenching
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1716
Readings
ひね
(70%)
ね
(15%)
ねん
(8%)
ねじ
(6%)
Composed of
left hand
a sense of
Used in vocabulary (61 in total)
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
Examples (5 in total)
A sprain like this should heal within a week or so.
How did you sprain your ankle?
He fell, twisting his ankle.