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羽交い締め (はがいじめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

羽は交がい締じめ

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Meanings

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noun

full nelson

A wrestling hold where both arms are pinned from behind. Usually used in the phrase 羽交い締めにする.

彼かれは相あい手てを羽は交がい締じめにして動うごきを封ふうじた。
He put his opponent in a full nelson and immobilized him.
羽は交がい締じめにされると、身み

動うご

き

が

取と

れ

なく

なる

。

When you are put in a full nelson, you can't move.

Written forms

羽は交がい締じめUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling.
羽は交がい締じめUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated form.
羽は交がい絞じめ
irregular kanji usage
Variant with irregular kanji usage (絞め instead of 締め).

Kanji

羽feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
交mingle, mixing, association
締tighten, tie, shut
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Etymology

Compound of 羽交い (hagai, 'wings' or 'arms') and 締め (shime, 'tightening'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term refers to a hold that pins the arms like folded wings.

strangle, constrict, wring