Illustration: On a breezy residential street, a commuter grips an umbrella handle firmly as a gust tugs the canopy sideways. All four fingers curl tightly around the padded handle, with the thumb pressing across them and the knuckles clearly engaged. The padding compresses beneath the hand.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

握にぎる

nigiru

to grip, to grasp

Example sentences

彼かれは私わたしの手てをしっかりと握にぎった。
He gave my hand a firm clasp.
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テニスのラケットを固かたく握にぎった。
He gripped the tennis racket tightly.
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どうして私わたしの手てを握にぎっているの？
Why are you holding my hands?
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Kanji in 握

握grip; holdOnアクKunにぎる

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