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握り にぎり

  1. clutch; grasp; grasping; grip; gripping
  2. fistful; handful
  3. grip; handle; knob
  4. onigiri; rice ball
  5. hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.; nigirizushi
  6. determining who plays black by taking a handful of white stones and using one or two black stones to guess whether it is odd or even; nigiri

握り締める にぎりしめる

  1. to grasp tightly

握り飯 にぎりめし

  1. onigiri; rice ball

握りつぶし にぎりつぶし

  1. pigeonholing; putting to one side; shelving
  2. crushing; strangling; throttling

握りつぶす にぎりつぶす

  1. to crush (with one's hands)
  2. to kill a proposal; to pigeonhole; to shelve; to smother; to table (remove from consideration)

握り合う にぎりあう

  1. to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

握り屁 にぎりぺ

  1. cupping a fart; farting into one's hand

握り屋 にぎりや

  1. grasping fellow; miser

握り手 にぎりて

  1. miser; penny-pincher
  2. one who makes nigirizushi, etc.
  3. grip; handle; knob

握り拳 にぎりこぶし

  1. clenched fist
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