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曲 きょく

  1. composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)
  2. air; melody; tune
  3. enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure

曲 くせ

  1. long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight
  2. improper; indecent; wrong

曲がる まがる N5

  1. to bend; to curve; to twist; to warp; to wind
  2. to turn
  3. to be askew; to be awry; to be crooked

曲げる まげる N2

  1. to bend; to bow; to crook; to curl; to curve
  2. to incline; to lean; to slant; to tilt
  3. to bend (the truth); to distort; to pervert; to twist
  4. to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks); to yield (a point)
  5. to pawn

曲線 きょくせん N2

  1. curve

曲がり まがり

  1. bend; curvature; warp

曲がり角 まがりかど

  1. (street) corner; bend; turn (in the road)
  2. turning point; watershed

曲折 きょくせつ

  1. bending; meandering; winding; zigzagging
  2. complications; difficulties; twists and turns; ups and downs; vicissitudes

曲目 きょくもく

  1. (musical) number; name of a piece of music
  2. (musical) program; list of songs; programme; selection (of music)

曲々 きょくきょく

  1. twisting; winding; zigzagging
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