つまみ – Vocabulary details

つまみ

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. knob; handle; button

2. snack (to have with a drink); side dish

Suffix

Usually written in kana

3. a pinch (e.g. of salt)

Noun

Computing

4. (file) handle

Noun

Suffix

5. picking; harvesting

つ

まみ

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

snack (to have with a drink); side dish

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

塩しおコショウして、ナツメグを一ひとつまみ加くわえます。

Season with salt and pepper and add a pinch of nutmeg.

このつまみを回まわすことでテレビの色いろを調ちょう節せつできます。

You can adjust the color on the TV by turning this knob.

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