ピンチ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pinch. Compare the idioms at a pinch, in a pinch.

Pronunciation

Noun

ピンチ • (pinchi) 

  1. A predicament; a difficult situation; a crisis.
  2. A clothespin, especially one designed to pinch the clothesline.
  3. (computing) pinch (gesture)
    ピンチ操作(そうさ)での拡縮(かくしゅく)
    pinchi sōsa de no kakushuku
    zooming in and out using pinches

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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