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にぎりつぶす

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
握り潰す
握りつぶす

Etymology

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From (にぎ) (nigiri, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (にぎ) (nigiru).) + (つぶ) (tsubusu).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ぎりつぶ [nìgírítsúbúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡʲiɾʲit͡sɨbɯ̟sɨ]

Verb

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にぎりつぶす (nigiritsubusuにぎりつぶす (nigiritubusu)?godan (stem にぎりつぶし (nigiritsubushi), past にぎりつぶした (nigiritsubushita))

  1. to crush by gripping; to crush in one's fist
  2. (figuratively) to kill (a proposal)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN