鍵を握る

かぎをにぎる

to hold the key

拳を握る

こぶしをにぎる

to make a fist, to clench one's fist

手を握る

てをにぎる

to join forces (with); to ally oneself (with); to hold hands

寿司を握る

すしをにぎる

to make hand-rolled sushi

政権を握る

せいけんをにぎる

to come to power, to assume the reins of government

弱みを握る

よわみをにぎる

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

権力を握る

けんりょくをにぎる

to seize power

握る

にぎる

to clasp, to grasp, to grip, to clutch

ハンドル

handle

手に汗を握る

てにあせをにぎる

to sit on the edge of one's seat, to be in breathless suspense

主導権を握る

しゅどうけんをにぎる

to seize the initiative

勝敗の鍵を握る

しょうはいのかぎをにぎる

to have the game in one's hands, to hold the key to victory

人の金玉を握る

ひとのきんたまをにぎる ひとのきんぎょくをにぎる

to grab a person by his vulnerable spot, to curry favour with one's superior, to curry favor with one's superior

財布の紐を握る

さいふのひもをにぎる

to hold the purse strings

急ハンドル

きゅうハンドル

abrupt steering

右ハンドル

みぎハンドル

right hand drive (of cars, etc.)

左ハンドル

ひだりハンドル

left hand drive (of cars, etc.)

ハンドル軸

ハンドルじく

steering column; steering shaft

握らせる

にぎらせる

to let a person take hold of, to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand