Moto 曲: Bend; Music; MelodyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キョク
- Kun'yomi
- ま(がる)、ま(げる)、くま
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 333 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キョク)
- 曲きょくcomposition; piece of music
- 作曲さっきょくcomposition; setting (of music)
- 交響曲こうきょうきょくsymphony
- 協奏曲きょうそうきょくconcerto
- 戯曲ぎきょくdrama; play
- 歌曲かきょくmelody; tune
- 曲折きょくせつwindings; meanderings
- 名曲めいきょくfamous piece of music; excellent song
- 歌謡曲かようきょくkayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era
- 新曲しんきょくnew (musical) composition; new piece
- 曲目きょくもくname of a piece of music; (musical) number
- 曲線きょくせんcurve
- 楽曲がっきょくmusical composition; tune
- 組曲くみきょくsuite
- 全曲ぜんきょくall compositions; the entire composition
- 一曲いっきょくtune (melody, piece of music)
- 三曲さんきょくinstrumental trio
- 作曲家さっきょくかcomposer
- 前奏曲ぜんそうきょくprelude; overture
- 変奏曲へんそうきょくvariation
- 夜曲やきょくnocturne
- 婉曲えんきょくeuphemistic; circumlocutory
- 小曲しょうきょくshort piece of music
- 幻想曲げんそうきょくfantasy; fantasia
- 序曲じょきょくoverture; prelude
- 曲芸きょくげいacrobatics
- 曲面きょくめんcurved surface
- 浪曲ろうきょくrōkyoku; naniwabushi
- 湾曲わんきょくcurve; bend
- 狂詩曲きょうしきょくrhapsody
- 箏曲そうきょくkoto music
- 編曲へんきょくarrangement
- 舞曲ぶきょくmusical dance; music and dancing
- 行進曲こうしんきょくmarch
- 謡曲ようきょくnoh song
- 選曲せんきょくselection of music; song selection
- 難曲なんきょくdifficult musical piece
- 音曲おんぎょくsongs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
- わい曲わいきょくdistortion; falsification
- わん曲わんきょくcurve; bend
- インスト曲インストきょくinstrumental music
- インボリュート曲線インボリュートきょくせんinvolute curve
- エボリュート曲線エボリュートきょくせんevolute curve
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 曲がり角まがりかどstreet corner; road turn
- 曲がりまがりcurvature; warp
- 折り曲げるおりまげるto bend; to turn up
- 曲がりかどまがりかどstreet corner; road turn
- 曲がりくねるまがりくねるto bend many times; to turn and twist
- 曲がるまがるto bend; to curve
- 曲げまげflexure; bending
- 曲げるまげるto bend; to crook
- くの字に曲げるくのじにまげるto bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
- つむじを曲げるつむじをまげるto be contrary
- つむじ曲がりつむじまがりperversity; cantankerous
- ねじ曲がるねじまがるto be twisted; to be wrapped
- ねじ曲げるねじまげるto twist; to distort
- ひん曲げるひんまげるto bend (with great force); to twist
- へそを曲げるへそをまげるto get angry; to become perverse
- へそ曲がりへそまがりperverseness; perversity
Other readings
- へそ曲りへそまがりperverseness; perversity
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