つまみ・摘み・摘まみ・撮み・抓みtsumami[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounknob; handle; button
    このつまみを回まわすことでテレビの色いろを調節ちょうせつできます。↗
    You can adjust the color on the TV by turning this knob.
  2. nounsnack (to have with a drink); side dish
    ビールの摘つまみがほしい。↗
    I would like to have something to munch on with my beer.
  3. suffixa pinch (e.g. of salt)
  4. noun, computing(file) handle
  5. noun, noun (suffix)picking; harvesting
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related取っ手とってNeutralRefers to handles on doors and pots; 「摘み」 leans toward small knobs pinched with the fingertips, and also means a drinking snack.
  • RelatedにぎりNeutralMeans a grip or the way something is held, and also sushi; 「摘み」 leans toward small knobs or drinking snacks.
  • RelatedハンドルCasualA colloquial loanword for steering wheels and door handles; 「摘み」 leans toward small knobs.
  • RelatedグリップCasualA colloquial loanword for the grips of rackets and clubs; 「摘み」 leans toward small knobs.
  • Related柄えNeutralRefers to tool handles, as in 「傘の柄」 and 「包丁の柄」; common in everyday use, while 「摘み」 leans toward small knobs.
  • Related掴みつかみCasualColloquial; refers to the force of gripping or seizing, while 「摘み」 is pinching with the fingertips.

Use 「摘み」 for radio knobs, small knobs on pot lids, or snacks to have with a drink, as in 「おつまみ」. For door and pot handles pick 「取っ手」, for tool handles 「柄」, for racket and club grips 「グリップ」, and for steering wheels 「ハンドル」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. つまむこと。
  2. 塩しおなどを指先ゆびさきでつまみあげた量りょうを数かぞえる語ご。語義ごぎ:ひとつまみ
  3. つまんで持もつために器具きぐに付つけられた部分ぶぶん。
  4. 機械きかいに付ついた小ちいさな円筒えんとう形けいの部品ぶひんで、指ゆびで回まわして音量おんりょうなどを調整ちょうせいするもの。
  5. 酒さけを飲のむときに一緒いっしょに食たべる簡単かんたんな食べ物たべもの。
  6. 「つまむ」の連用形れんようけい。
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