握にぎらす

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握らす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	握にぎらす	握にぎらさない
Polite	握にぎらします	握にぎらしません
Past polite	握にぎらしました	握にぎらしませんでした
Past	握にぎらした	握にぎらさなかった
Te-form	握にぎらして	握にぎらさないで
Desire	握にぎらしたい	握にぎらしたくない
Potential	握にぎらせる	握にぎらせない
Passive	握にぎらされる	握にぎらされない
Causative	握にぎらさせる	握にぎらさせない
Causative passive	握にぎらさせられる	握にぎらさせられない
Volitional	握にぎらそう
Polite volitional	握にぎらしましょう
Imperative	握にぎらせ	握にぎらすな
Conditional	握にぎらせば	握にぎらさなければ
Tara conditional	握にぎらしたら	握にぎらさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

make someone hold; let someone take hold of

Causative-like transitive verb: the subject causes or allows another person to grasp something, often the subject's hand. Common in contexts of guiding, comforting, or handing over an object.

母はは親おやは子こどもに手てを握にぎらせた。
The mother let her child hold her hand.
彼かれは私わたしにハンカチを握にぎらせてくれた。
He made me hold the handkerchief (e.g., to wipe tears).

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の手てに〈物もの〉を握にぎらせるto place something into someone's hand, closing their fingers around it
先せん生せいは子こ供どもの手てに鉛えん筆ぴつを握にぎらせた。
The teacher put the pencil into the child's hand.
〈人ひと〉に金かねを握にぎらせるto bribe someone by pressing money into their hand
彼かれは警けい備び員いんに金かねを握にぎらせて中なかに入はいった。
He bribed the guard with cash and got inside.

Kanji

握grip, hold, mould sushi

Related words

持もたせる
握らす specifically means to close someone's fingers around something, while 持たせる is the broader causative of 持つ meaning to make someone hold or carry something (not necessarily gripped in the hand).
渡わたすN5
握らす implies physically pressing an object into someone's grip, whereas 渡す simply means to hand something over without that nuance of enclosing the fingers.

Don't confuse with

握にぎるN3
握る means to grasp something oneself, while 握らす means to make or let another person grasp it, so the subject of the action is different.

Etymology

Causative form of 握る (にぎる, 'to grasp'), formed by adding the old causative suffix す to the stem 握ら. The modern causative would be 握らせる, but 握らす remains in use as a lexicalized transitive verb.