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曲
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after many twists and turns; after much trouble
Examples
あの問題も、紆余曲折を経て解決した。
There were a lot of twists and turns to the story, but we finally solved the problem.
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to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench
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to distort (the truth)
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to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
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perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
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singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
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euphemism; euphemistic expression
Examples
「少女の部屋へ行く」というのは「トイレへ行く」ということの婉曲表現です。
"Going to the little girl's room" is an euphemistic expression for "going to the toilet."
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conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace
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unsociable; unfriendly; cold; indifferent
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to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of someone behind their back); to get into trouble
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to warp one's mouth
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perversity; cantankerous; eccentric
Examples
なんてつむじ曲がりなやつだ。
What a crank he is!
