捩る
ねじる · nejiru
To twist, to screw, to wrench
- to sprain
- to parody, to make a parody of, to pun (on)
- to twist, to distort
- to twist, to contort
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 捩りますねじります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 捩りませんねじりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 捩りましたねじりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 捩りませんでしたねじりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 捩りましょうねじりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 捩りねじり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 捩りたいねじりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 捩りながらねじりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 捩ってねじって |
| Plain past (た形) | 捩ったねじった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 捩ったらねじったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 捩っているねじっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 捩らないねじらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 捩らなかったねじらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 捩らなくてねじらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 捩れるねじれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 捩ればねじれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 捩れねじれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 捩ろうねじろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 捩られるねじられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 捩らせるねじらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 捩らされるねじらされる |
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What does 捩る mean?
To twist, to screw, to wrench. It can also mean: to sprain; to parody, to make a parody of, to pun (on); to twist, to distort.
How do you pronounce 捩る?
ねじる (nejiru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 捩る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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