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ブライアンがケイトの
て
手
を
にぎ
握
り
し
締
めている。
Brian is holding Kate's hand tightly.
Conjugations and inflections
  握り締めている is the progressive form of ichidan verb 握り締める   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Names
ブライアン
ブライアン   Brian/Bryan   (unclassified given name)  
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ケイト
ケイト   Keito/Cate/Kate   (female given name)  
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Words
て 1
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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に ぎ り し め る 5
Most common form: 握りしめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to grasp tightly
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Kanji
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
握
アク   にぎる to grasp   
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扌
hand
屋
オク   や roof   
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尸
corpse
至
シ   いたる to reach, to lead to   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
厶
ム   private
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
締
テイ   しめる to close; to fasten   しまる to be closed   
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帝
テイ    sovereign   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
糸
シ   いと thread   
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