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

Related Words

Related: 手(て)のひら (palm of the hand)

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Added 2026.6.9 15:02 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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