Illustration: In a home kitchen, a man has put on an apron whose broad neck strap is badly twisted. The strap makes several tight half-turns between his shoulders and chest, with its two edges visibly winding around each other.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ねじれる

nejireru

to get twisted, to warp

Example sentences

  1. 相手あいての腕うでは外側そとがわにねじれることになるが、相手あいての腕うでを相手あいての後方こうほうに持もって行いくようにすると、肘ひじが曲まがり、相手あいては力ちからが入はいらなくなる。

    The opponent’s arm will twist outward, but by bringing the opponent’s arm toward the back of the opponent the elbow bends, and the opponent will not be able to use force.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 地面じめんに落おちるにつれて、葉ははゆっくりとねじれました。

    As it fell to the ground, the leaf slowly twisted.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. ねじれ、そりの強つよい材料ざいりょうは使つかえない。

    Strongly warped or curved materials cannot be used.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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