握(にぎ)りこぶし

にぎりこぶし
noun
clenched fist
1. clenched fist; tightly closed fist
The hand tightly closed with fingers curled into the palm. Used literally when describing a physical gesture, and figuratively to convey determination, anger, or readiness to fight.
握(にぎ)りこぶしを作(つく)る。
To make a fist.
怒(いか)りで握(にぎ)りこぶしが震(ふる)えた。
My clenched fist trembled with anger.
選手(せんしゅ)はゴール(ごーる)を決(き)めた瞬間(しゅんかん)、握(にぎ)りこぶしを天(てん)に突(つ)き上(あ)げた。
The moment the player scored, they thrust a clenched fist into the air.

Compound of 握(にぎ)り (grasping) + こぶし (fist). Also written as 握(にぎ)り拳(こぶし).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 握(にぎ)りこぶしを作(つく)る / 握(にぎ)る — to make/clench a fist
  • 握(にぎ)りこぶしを突(つ)き上(あ)げる — to raise a fist (in triumph)
  • 握(にぎ)りこぶしで叩(たた)く — to hit/bang with a fist

RELATED WORDS:

  • こぶし: fist (shorter, slightly more literary; also the name of a type of magnolia)
  • 手(て)のひら: palm of the hand
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