つねる

• 読み: つねる
• ローマ字: tsuneru
• 漢字の分解: 抓 (sou/tsune) — to pinch, to nip (rarely written in kanji)
• 発音: /tsɯ.ne.ɾɯ/

意味

To pinch; to nip the skin between the fingers; to tweak.

A Group 1 (godan) verb. The kanji form 抓る exists but is rarely used; つねる is almost always written in hiragana. Describes the physical act of pinching skin. Common in contexts of mild punishment, checking if one is dreaming, or expressing teasing affection.

例文

1. 夢かと思って自分の腕をつねってみた。
2. 子供が悪さをするたびに母親に頬をつねられた。
3. 彼女はいたずらっぽく彼の手をつねった。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, physical expression, children

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Of Old Japanese origin. The kanji 抓 depicts the hand radical (扌) with a phonetic component suggesting pinching action. The verb has been in common use since the classical period.

文化的背景

時代: Classical-Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal