How to say "grip" in Japanese

• グリップCommon
  nounThe loanword, typically for the grip of equipment such as a racket, club or bicycle — the part you hold or the way you hold it; not a verb.
• 柄えJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe handle or grip as a physical part of a tool or implement — a knife, pot or umbrella — the thing you take hold of, not the act of gripping.
• はさむJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb for holding something between two surfaces pressing from both sides — between the fingers, in chopsticks, or in a clamp — rather than closing the whole hand around it.
• 握るにぎるJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for closing your hand around something: to grip a doorknob, clutch a bag or clasp someone's hand; the natural choice when 'grip' is a verb.
  彼かれらが眠ねむっている間あいだ私がハンドルを握にぎった。↗

  I took the wheel while he slept.
• 握力あくりょくCommon
  nounA noun for the strength of one's grip — how firmly the hand can squeeze — as measured in tests or discussed in training and health contexts.
  そのレスラーはおそろしいほどの握力あくりょくがある。↗

  The wrestler has a formidable grip.

For the grip of an object choose 「グリップ」 (equipment) or 柄 (tool handles); for the act of gripping use 「握る」, for holding between two surfaces 「はさむ」, and for hand strength 握力.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• グリップgrip
• 柄えhandle
• はさむto hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks)
• 握るにぎるto clasp
• 握力あくりょくgrip (of hand)
• 取っ手とってhandle
• つかむto seize
• 把握はあくgrasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.)
• にぎりgrasping
• 掴みつかみgrip
• 持ち手もちてhandle
• 握り込むにぎりこむto grip
• 把持はじgrasp
• 占めるしめるto occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.)
• 淵ふちdepths (e.g. of despair)
• 握把あくはgrip (sword, gun, etc.)
• 扼すやくすto grip
• 扼するやくするto grip
• つかみ所つかみどころhold
• 握り手にぎりてhandle
• 手の内てのうち(in one's) grip
• 手元てもとgrip
• 組み手くみてgrip