Words — 46 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