ピンチ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pinch. Compare the idioms at a pinch, in a pinch.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ピ​ンチ [píꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [pʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

ピンチ • (pinchi) 

  1. A predicament; a difficult situation; a crisis.
  2. A clothespin, especially one designed to pinch the clothesline.
  3. (computing) pinch (gesture)
    ピンチ操作(そうさ)での拡縮(かくしゅく)
    pinchi sōsa de no kakushuku
    zooming in and out using pinches

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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