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ねじ回し (nejimawashi) Japanese meaning: screwdriver | Kotomora

ねじ回まわし

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Meanings

1

A tool for turning screws. Often called ドライバー in modern Japanese, but ねじ回し is still understood and used.

See also: ドライバー

ねじ回まわしでネジを締しめてください。

Please tighten the screw with a screwdriver.

Usage patterns

ねじ回まわしでねじを締しめるto tighten a screw with a screwdriver
ねじ回まわしでねじをしっかり締しめた。
I tightened the screw firmly with a screwdriver.
ねじ回まわしでねじを緩ゆるめるto loosen a screw with a screwdriver
ねじ回まわしでねじを緩ゆるめてカバーを外はずした。
I loosened the screw with a screwdriver and removed the cover.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
螺small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

ドライバーN1
ドライバー is the common loanword for a screwdriver used in everyday speech, while ねじ回し is the native Japanese term that sounds slightly more formal or old-fashioned.

Don't confuse with

ネジN2
ネジ is the screw itself, whereas ねじ回し is the tool (screwdriver) used to turn it.

Counted with

丁ちょう
counter for long, narrow objects

Word family

マイナスのねじ回まわし
flat-bladed screwdriver

Written forms

ねじ回まわしUsage33%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
ネジ回まわしUsage67%
Variant with ネジ in katakana; commonly seen in technical or informal contexts.
螺子ねじ回まわし
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 螺子 for ねじ; seldom used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of ねじ (screw) and 回し (turning, from 回す 'to turn').