Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to be dented; to be indented; to yield; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in
to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to yield; to give in; to give up
Colloquial
to be disheartened; to feel down; to feel depressed
to suffer a loss; to lose
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; ruggedness
imbalance; inequality; unevenness; disparity
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
でこぼこ only
inequality; imbalance; unevenness; difference
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Mnemonic Stories
A concave lens curves inward like a cave.
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