Words — 45 found
ねじ
捩れる
1. to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warpedUsually written using kana alone
2. to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contraryUsually written using kana alone
3. to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strainedUsually written using kana alone
捻れる 【ねじれる】、拗れる 【ねじれる】、捻じれる 【ねじれる】、捩じれる 【ねじれる】
けんきょうふかい
牽強付会
1. strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
牽強附会 【けんきょうふかい】
もつ
縺れる
1. to tangle; to get tangled; to get entangledUsually written using kana alone
- この
- いと糸
- は
- すぐ
- もつれる 。
2. to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip overUsually written using kana alone, See also 舌がもつれる, as 舌が〜, 足が〜, etc.
3. to become complicated; to become difficult; to become tricky; to get into a tangle; to become messyUsually written using kana alone
2. awry; askew; crooked
いと
より糸
1. twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
縒り糸 【よりいと】、撚り糸 【よりいと】、縒糸 【よりいと】、撚糸 【よりいと】
縒糸: Irregular okurigana usage. 撚糸: Irregular okurigana usage.
1. twisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn
みずひき
水引
1. decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper
2. Antenoron filiforme; Polygonum filiforme
水引き 【みずひき】
はちま
ねじり鉢巻き
1. towel twisted into a headbandUsually written using kana alone
捩じり鉢巻き 【ねじりはちまき】
捩じり鉢巻き: Rarely-used kanji form.
きんみずひき
金水引
1. gold-leaf-coated twisted paper
2. Agrimonia pilosa var. japonica (variety of hairy agrimony)Usually written using kana alone
こよ
紙縒り
1. string made from twisted paper
紙縒り 【かみより】、紙縒 【こより】、紙縒 【かみより】、紙撚り 【こより】、紙撚り 【かみより】、紙撚 【こより】、紙撚 【かみより】、紙捻り 【こより】、紙捻り 【かみより】、紙捻 【こより】、紙捻 【かみより】