"ピンチ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [pʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕi] Forms: pinchi [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English pinch. Compare the idioms at a pinch, in a pinch. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|pinch}} English pinch Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ピンチ • (pinchi)
  1. A predicament; a difficult situation; a crisis.
    Sense id: en-ピンチ-ja-noun-E1ChO21r
  2. A clothespin, especially one designed to pinch the clothesline.
    Sense id: en-ピンチ-ja-noun-~WsUCM9z Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 34 45 21
  3. (computing) pinch (gesture) Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-ピンチ-ja-noun-t-~6irDX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 69 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 11 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 13 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 78 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ピンチ meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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