Illustration: At the entrance of a neighborhood clinic, a child grips a small cloth rabbit while waiting beside their parent. The child's fist squeezes the rabbit's soft middle into a narrow waist, with its ears and round bottom sticking out on opposite sides.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

握にぎりしめる

nigirishimeru

to grip tightly

Example sentences

  1. トムはメアリーの手てを握にぎりしめた。

    Tom squeezed Mary’s hand.

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  2. 落おちないようにロープを握にぎりしめた。

    I grasped the rope so as not to fall.

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  3. 彼女かのじょはため息いきをついて両手りょうてをしっかり握にぎり締しめた。

    She sighed and clasped her hands tightly together.

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Kanji in 握

  • 握grip; holdOnアクKunにぎる

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