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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:
【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
かぜ
Bamboo bends before the wind

The branches were bowed down with oranges