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Search Terms: *撓*

Dictionary results(showing 25 results)


Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to treat leather, sharkskin, etc. with glue and pound until hard

noun
1.
shooting from the hip
2.
starting something without sufficient preparation, acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)(idiom )
Other readings:
腰撓め【こしだめ】

noun
•
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
Other readings:
萎【しおり】
、
撓り【しおり】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
1.
to bend, to warp, to yield(usually kana)
2.
to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body), to be flexible, to be pliant(usually kana)
See also:しなやか

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
•
to lean coquettishly against, to snuggle into, to nestle into(usually kana)
Other readings:
しなだれかかる《撓垂れ掛かる》

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
•
to droop(usually kana)
Other readings:
しなだれる《撓垂れる》

noun
•
bending, warping, flexibility, pliability(usually kana)
See also:しなる

Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to bend, to warp, to yield(usually kana)
See also:撓う
2.
to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body), to be flexible, to be pliant(usually kana)
See also:しなやか,  撓う
Other readings:
しわる《撓る》

Ichidan verb
•
to bend, to train (e.g. a branch)

noun
•
bend, curvature, deflection(usually kana)

noun
•
slope deflection method
See also:撓角法
Other readings:
たわみ角法【たわみかくほう】

noun
•
deflectometer
Other readings:
撓み計【たわみけい】

Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
1.
to bend, to warp(usually kana)
2.
to lose heart(usually kana)
Other readings:
たわむ《橈む》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
•
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.), to bow(usually kana)
Other readings:
たわめる《橈める》[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

na-adjective
•
flexible, pliant, pliable, supple, bendy(usually kana)

na-adjective
•
heavily laden (of a branch), sagging, drooping, bent low(usually kana)
Other readings:
たわわ《撓》

noun
•
indefatigability, indomitableness, with unremitting tenacity(yojijukugo)

na-adjective, noun
•
unbending, inflexible, tenacity, indomitableness

noun, no-adjective
•
tenacity, indomitableness, dauntlessness, inflexibility(yojijukugo)

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


bend, train, lithe
KUN:
  • たわ.む
    tawa.mu
  • しな.う
    shina.u
  • しお.る
    shio.ru
  • たわ.める
    tawa.meru
  • みだ.す
    mida.su
  • みだ.れる
    mida.reru
ON:
  • トウ
    tou
  • キョウ
    kyou
  • コウ
    kou
  • ジョウ
    jou

Sentence results (showing 9 results)


The bamboo gave but did not break

The tree bent down beneath their weight of fruit

The branches gave but did not break

The branch bent but did not break

The tree bent under the weight of the fruit

The bamboo is bending with the weight of the snow

Better bend than break

たけ
竹
かぜ
風
Bamboo bends before the wind

The branches were bowed down with oranges