Illustration: Beside a school washbasin, a student grips opposite ends of a long cleaning cloth and rotates their wrists in opposing directions. The fabric between their hands has tightened into a distinct corkscrew, with the loose ends still flat enough to reveal the change.

ねじる

nejiru

to twist

Example sentences

その取とっ手てを右みぎにねじると箱はこは開ひらきます。
Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
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「ふむ」武田先生たけだせんせいは口くちひげを捻ねじりながらうなった。
"Hrmm," mumbled Professor Takeda as he twisted his moustache.
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彼かれは私わたしの腕うでをねじり上あげた。
He twisted my arm.
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