捻ひねる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)
2. to twist (a body part); to bend; to sprain
3. to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck)
4. to defeat easily; to beat
5. to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate; to make peculiar; to make complicated
6. to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)
7. to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper
Kanji used
wrenching
Pitch accent
ひ
ね
る
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm