In the Japanese novel I am reading now, a guy is impressed by the well-ordered life one of his friends is living. He himself is doing nothing with his spare time, yet he decides to do an effort from now on to live a more ordered life:
「僕も僕自身のねじを巻きます！」(ぼくもぼくじしんのねじをまきます).
「ねじを巻く」 normally means "to wind up", with 「ねじ」 being "screw" and 「巻く」"to wind". For example, "to wind up a clock" is 「時計のねじを巻く」. However, in the case of the sentence in the novel, is means something like "to pay attention not to slack or be lazy".
Another example: 「夏休みは普段は特に何もしないで過ごしてしまうので、でも今度はねじを巻いてやろう！」"Normally I spend my summer vacation doing nothing, but this time I will be careful not to slack around!"
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「僕も僕自身のねじを巻きます！」(ぼくもぼくじしんのねじをまきます).
「ねじを巻く」 normally means "to wind up", with 「ねじ」 being "screw" and 「巻く」"to wind". For example, "to wind up a clock" is 「時計のねじを巻く」. However, in the case of the sentence in the novel, is means something like "to pay attention not to slack or be lazy".
Another example: 「夏休みは普段は特に何もしないで過ごしてしまうので、でも今度はねじを巻いてやろう！」"Normally I spend my summer vacation doing nothing, but this time I will be careful not to slack around!"
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