ハンドルを握る

ハンドルをにぎる

to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)

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

弱み

よわみ

(a) weakness, shortcoming, failing, sore point

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

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

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

弱る

よわる

to weaken, to be troubled, to be downcast, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed, to impair

弱含み

よわふくみ じゃくふくみ

bearish (stock market)

語気を弱める

ごきをよわめる

to soften one's voice

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

弱める

よわめる

to weaken

弱まる

よわまる

to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed