螺子

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
螺 子
ねじ
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
捻子 (rare)
捩子 (rare)
螺旋 (rare)
ネジ

/nedi/ → /ned͡ʑi/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verb 捩じる (nejiru, “to screw, twist”).[1] Alteratively, from the stem form of classical 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verb 捩づ (nedzu → nezu) of the same meaning.[2]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

螺子(ねじ) • (neji) ←ねぢ (nedi)?

  1. a screw
  2. a spring or coil that can be wound, such as that of a clock
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)穴(あな) (neji ana)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)切(きり) (nejikiri)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)錐(ぎり) (nejigiri)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)釘(くぎ) (nejikugi)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)口(くち)瓶(びん) (neji kuchibin)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)ゲージ (neji gēji)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)コンベヤー (neji konbeyā)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)抜(ぬ)き (nejinuki)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)歯(は)車(ぐるま) (neji haguruma)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)鋲(びょう) (nejibyō)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)プロペラ (neji puropera)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)ポンプ (neji ponpu)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)マウント (neji maunto)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)回(まわ)し (nejimawashi, “screwdriver”)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)山(やま) (nejiyama)
  • 雄(お)螺(ね)子(じ) (o neji)
  • 親(おや)螺(ね)子(じ) (oya neji)
  • 三(さん)角(かく)螺(ね)子(じ) (sankaku neji)
  • 止(と)め螺(ね)子(じ) (tomeneji)
  • 左(ひだり)螺(ね)子(じ) (hidari neji)
  • プラス螺(ね)子(じ) (purasu neji)
  • 細(ほそ)目(め)螺(ね)子(じ) (hosome neji)
  • 右(みぎ)螺(ね)子(じ)の法(ほう)則(そく) (migi neji no hōsoku)
  • メートル螺(ね)子(じ) (mētoru neji)
  • 雌(め)螺(ね)子(じ) (me neji)
  • 木(もく)螺(ね)子(じ) (mokuneji)
Idioms
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)が緩(ゆる)む (neji ga yurumu)
  • 螺(ね)子(じ)を巻(ま)く (neji o maku)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
螺 子
ら
Jinmeiyō		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From 螺 (ra, “generic name for shellfish with spiral shells”) +‎ 子 (-shi, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

螺(ら)子(し) • (rashi) 

  1. a screw
    Synonyms: スクリュー (sukuryū), 螺子釘 (nejikugi)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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