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握りつぶし
ニギリツブシ
名詞

握りつぶし (ニギリツブシ)

Nigiritsubushi · にぎりつぶし — shelving, pigeonholing, putting to one side; strangling, throttling, crushing

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握りつぶし in rōmaji: nigiritsubushi.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 握り潰し 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月17日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
握りつぶし
見出し語 (Lemma)
握り潰し
読み (Reading)
ニギリツブシ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
握りつぶし
読み・基本形
ニギリツブシ
表記・基本形
握りつぶし
見出し語の読み
ニギリツブシ
💡 English Meaning

握りつぶし means “shelving, pigeonholing, putting to one side; strangling, throttling, crushing” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

握り潰し (ニギリツブシ) — main entry →

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The surface form (握りつぶし) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (握り潰し) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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