握る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
握
にぎ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "握る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
握る にぎる [nìgírú]
Imperative (命令形) 握れ にぎれ [nìgíré]
Key constructions
Passive 握られる にぎられる [nìgírárérú]
Causative 握らせる にぎらせる [nìgírásérú]
Potential 握れる にぎれる [nìgírérú]
Volitional 握ろう にぎろ​ー [nìgíróꜜò]
Negative 握らない にぎらない [nìgíránáí]
Negative perfective 握らなかった にぎらな​かった [nìgíránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 握ります にぎりま​す [nìgírímáꜜsù]
Perfective 握った にぎった [nìgíttá]
Conjunctive 握って にぎって [nìgítté]
Hypothetical conditional 握れば にぎれ​ば [nìgíréꜜbà]

Verb

握(にぎ)る • (nigiru) transitive godan (stem 握(にぎ)り (nigiri), past 握(にぎ)った (nigitta))

  1. to grasp, to grip, to hold
    手(て)を握(にぎ)る
    te o nigiru
    to shake hands
  2. to seize, to take hold of
    実権(じっけん)を握(にぎ)る
    jikken o nigiru
    to seize power
  3. to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape
    寿司(すし)を握(にぎ)る
    sushi o nigiru
    to make sushi

Conjugation

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