"握る" meaning in Japanese

See 握る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɲ̟iɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=にぎる}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*ninkiru|sort=にぎる}} Proto-Japonic *ninkiru Head templates: {{ja-verb|にぎる|tr=trans|type=1}} 握(にぎ)る • (nigiru) transitive godan (stem 握(にぎ)り (nigiri), past 握(にぎ)った (nigitta)) Forms: 握る [canonical] (ruby: (にぎ)), nigiru [romanization], 握り [stem] (ruby: (にぎ)), 握った [past] (ruby: (にぎ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 握ら [error-unrecognized-form], にぎら [error-unrecognized-form], nigira [error-unrecognized-form], 握り [error-unrecognized-form], にぎり [error-unrecognized-form], nigiri [error-unrecognized-form], 握る [error-unrecognized-form], にぎる [error-unrecognized-form], nigiru [error-unrecognized-form], 握れ [error-unrecognized-form], にぎれ [error-unrecognized-form], nigire [error-unrecognized-form], 握られる [passive], にぎられる [passive], nigirareru [passive], 握らせる [causative], 握らす [causative], にぎらせる [causative], にぎらす [causative], nigiraseru [causative], nigirasu [causative], 握れる [potential], にぎれる [potential], nigireru [potential], 握ろう [volitional], にぎろう [volitional], nigirō [volitional], 握らない [negative], にぎらない [negative], nigiranai [negative], 握らず [continuative, negative], にぎらず [continuative, negative], nigirazu [continuative, negative], 握ります [formal], にぎります [formal], nigirimasu [formal], 握った [perfective], にぎった [perfective], nigitta [perfective], 握って [conjunctive], にぎって [conjunctive], nigitte [conjunctive], 握れば [conditional, hypothetical], にぎれば [conditional, hypothetical], nigireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to grasp, to grip, to hold
    Sense id: en-握る-ja-verb-6wil4ax8
  2. to seize, to take hold of
    Sense id: en-握る-ja-verb-vaRDiZC1
  3. to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape
    Sense id: en-握る-ja-verb-ViRhnyKW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese type 1 verbs that end in -iru or -eru Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 14 23 63 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 18 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 10 19 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 18 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 18 71 Disambiguation of Japanese type 1 verbs that end in -iru or -eru: 23 26 51

Download JSON data for 握る meaning in Japanese (6.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "にぎる"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*ninkiru",
        "sort": "にぎる"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *ninkiru",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "握る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "握",
          "にぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握り",
      "roman": "nigiri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "握",
          "にぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握った",
      "roman": "nigitta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "握",
          "にぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigitta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にぎる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "握(にぎ)る • (nigiru) transitive godan (stem 握(にぎ)り (nigiri), past 握(にぎ)った (nigitta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to shake hands",
          "roman": "te o nigiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "手を握る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grasp, to grip, to hold"
      ],
      "id": "en-握る-ja-verb-6wil4ax8",
      "links": [
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seize power",
          "roman": "jikken o nigiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "実権",
              "じっけん"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "実権を握る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seize, to take hold of"
      ],
      "id": "en-握る-ja-verb-vaRDiZC1",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 15 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 23 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 18 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 19 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 18 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 18 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 26 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese type 1 verbs that end in -iru or -eru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to make sushi",
          "roman": "sushi o nigiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寿司",
              "すし"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "寿司を握る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape"
      ],
      "id": "en-握る-ja-verb-ViRhnyKW"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "握る"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs",
    "Japanese type 1 verbs that end in -iru or -eru",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "にぎる"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*ninkiru",
        "sort": "にぎる"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *ninkiru",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, which is derived from reconstructed Proto-Japonic *ninkiru.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "握る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "握",
          "にぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握り",
      "roman": "nigiri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "握",
          "にぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握った",
      "roman": "nigitta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "握",
          "にぎ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigiranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigirimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigitta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "握れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にぎれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にぎる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "握(にぎ)る • (nigiru) transitive godan (stem 握(にぎ)り (nigiri), past 握(にぎ)った (nigitta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to shake hands",
          "roman": "te o nigiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "手",
              "て"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "手を握る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grasp, to grip, to hold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seize power",
          "roman": "jikken o nigiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "実権",
              "じっけん"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "実権を握る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seize, to take hold of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to make sushi",
          "roman": "sushi o nigiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寿司",
              "すし"
            ],
            [
              "握",
              "にぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "寿司を握る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "握る"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.