拗
拗

crooked, twisted, distorted, perverted, cross

8 strokes

On

オウヨウイクユウ

Kun

ねじ.れるこじ.れるす.ねるねじ.ける

Dictionary

Common Words

しつこい執拗いしつっこい～い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #2745
1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious

Examples
ここにしつこい痛みがあります。
I have a persistent pain here.
2

too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy

すねる拗ねるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #5769
1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

執拗執ようしつようしつおう (執拗)～な Adj.Freq #7065
1

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn

Examples
彼女は彼の執拗さにうんざりしていた。
She was disgusted at his persistence.
ねじる捩る捻る拗るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #15422
1

to twist; to screw; to wrench

Examples
その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。
Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
2

to sprain

こじれる拗れるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #17486
1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

こじらせる拗らせるTransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #19882
1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

Examples
彼は病気をこじらせてしまった。
He is suffering from an aggravated disease.
ねじれる捩れる捻れる拗れる捻じれる捩じれるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #23393
1

to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped

Examples
ほのかな光が俺のねじれた視界を幻影に変えてゆく。
Light shines on my sigh of doubt.
2

to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contrary

3

to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strained

ねじくれる捩じくれる拗じくれる捻じくれるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #41291
1

to curve; to twist

2

to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious

ねじれ捩れ捻れ拗れNounUsually kanaFreq #55134
1

twist; wrench; distortion; kink; warp

2

Physics

torsion

こじらす拗らすUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #84938
1

to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate

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