<entry id="2341295" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2865851</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>頬をつねる</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>頬を抓る</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>頰を抓る</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>ほおを抓る</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>頰をつねる</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ほおをつねる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<gloss>to pinch someone's cheek</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to pinch one's cheek (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2025-06-01 22:52:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>parfait8</upd_name>
<upd_detl>gloss might need work</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>sankoku, daijs, shinkoku

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 頬をつねっ　 │ 2,820 │ 79.1% │
│ 頬を抓っ　　 │   550 │ 15.4% │
│ 頰を抓っ　　 │     0 │  0.0% │
│ ほおを抓っ　 │     0 │  0.0% │
│ 頰をつねっ　 │     0 │  0.0% │
│ ほおをつねっ │   197 │  5.5% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-06-03 05:05:55" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Seems it has the literal meaning too.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>中辞典, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -28 +28,7 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to pinch one's cheeks (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pinch someone's cheek&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5r;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pinch one's cheek (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>