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捻る ひねる N2

  1. to turn (a tap, switch, etc.); to twist; to wrench
  2. to bend; to sprain; to twist (a body part)
  3. to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck)
  4. to beat; to defeat easily
  5. to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate; to make complicated; to make peculiar
  6. to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)
  7. to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper

頭を捻る あたまをひねる

  1. to puzzle over; to rack one's brains over (wrack); to think deeply about
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