"ピンチ" meaning in Japanese

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        "2": "at a pinch"
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      "form": "pinchi",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A predicament; a difficult situation; a crisis."
      ],
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        "A clothespin, especially one designed to pinch the clothesline."
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            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "english": "zooming in and out using pinches",
          "roman": "pinchi sōsa de no kakushuku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "操作",
              "そうさ"
            ],
            [
              "拡縮",
              "かくしゅく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ピンチ操作での拡縮"
        }
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        "pinch (gesture)"
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        "(computing) pinch (gesture)"
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      "other": "ピンチ"
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      "ipa": "[pʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕi]"
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      },
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      "form": "pinchi",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A predicament; a difficult situation; a crisis."
      ],
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        [
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        "A clothespin, especially one designed to pinch the clothesline."
      ],
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        [
          "clothespin",
          "clothespin"
        ]
      ]
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          "english": "zooming in and out using pinches",
          "roman": "pinchi sōsa de no kakushuku",
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            [
              "操作",
              "そうさ"
            ],
            [
              "拡縮",
              "かくしゅく"
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      "ipa": "[pʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕi]"
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