ねじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ねじ – see the following entry.
螺子
[noun] a screw
[noun] a spring or coil that can be wound, such as that of a clock
[noun] (figurative) marbles (sanity)
Alternative spellings
捻子, 捩子, 螺旋, ネジ
(This term, ねじ (neji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ねじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ねじ.