Moto 屈: Yield; Bend; FlinchKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- クツ
- Kun'yomi
- かが(む)、かが(める)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 86 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (クツ)
- 理屈りくつtheory; reason
- 屈辱くつじょくdisgrace; humiliation
- 屈指くっしleading; foremost
- 屈託くったくworry; care
- 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow; tight
- 不屈ふくつpersistence; fortitude
- 卑屈ひくつmenial; meanness
- 屈するくっするto yield; to give in
- 屈伸くっしんbending and stretching; flexing and extending
- 屈強くっきょうrobust; brawny
- 屈折くっせつbending; curving
- 退屈たいくつtedium; boredom
- へ理屈へりくつsophism; chop logic
- 不屈不撓ふくつふとうindefatigability; indomitableness
- 不撓不屈ふとうふくつtenacity; indomitableness
- 偏屈へんくつnarrow-minded; obstinate
- 前屈ぜんくつbend forward
- 子宮後屈しきゅうこうくつretroversion of the uterus; tipped uterus
- 小理屈こりくつquibble; pointless argument
- 屁理屈へりくつsophism; chop logic
- 屁理屈屋へりくつやsophist; quibbler
- 屈すくっすto yield; to give in
- 屈伸性くっしんせいelasticity
- 屈光性くっこうせいphototropism
- 屈地性くっちせいgeotropism
- 屈従くつじゅうservile submission; subservience
- 屈性くっせいtropism
- 屈托くったくworry; care
- 屈折の法則くっせつのほうそくlaw of refraction
- 屈折形くっせつけいinflected form
- 屈折望遠鏡くっせつぼうえんきょうrefracting telescope
- 屈折率くっせつりつrefractive index
- 屈折異常くっせついじょうrefractive error; ametropia
- 屈折角くっせつかくangle of refraction
- 屈折計くっせつけいrefractometer
- 屈折語くっせつごinflected language; fusional language
- 屈折軸くっせつじくaxis of refraction
- 屈撓くっとうbending
- 屈曲くっきょくcrookedness; bending
- 屈曲位くっきょくいViennese oyster (sexual position)
- 屈曲部くっきょくぶelbow; elbow-shaped bend
- 屈筋くっきんflexor muscle
- 屈腱炎くっけんえんbowed tendon; type of tendon injury in a horse's leg
- 屈葬くっそうcrouched burial
- 屈託ないくったくないcarefree; free from worry
- 屈託のないくったくのないcarefree; free from worry
- 屈託の無いくったくのないcarefree; free from worry
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 前屈みまえかがみslouch
- 前屈みになるまえかがみになるto slouch; to stoop
- 小腰を屈めるこごしをかがめるto bow slightly; to make a slight bow
- 屈まるかがまるto bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend
- 屈みこむかがみこむto lean over; to lean in
- 屈み込むかがみこむto lean over; to lean in
- 屈むかがむto stoop; to lean over
- 屈めるかがめるto stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
Other readings
- 屈服くっぷくyielding; submission
- 似非理屈えせりくつsophistry
- 屈伏くっぷくyielding; submission
- 屈狸くずりwolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton
- 屈背せむしhunchback; humpback
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