Kanji1 / 8
屈 kanji
yield, bend, flinch, submit
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
クツ
Kun readings
かがむかがめる
Words with 屈
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —屈折光学dioptrics
- —退屈しのぎkilling time; staving off boredom
- —屈折望遠鏡refracting telescope
- —理屈っぽいargumentative
- —屈託のないcarefree; free from worry
- —屈折の法則law of refraction
- —立位体前屈bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow
- —理屈に合うto be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
- —膝を屈するto surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; to bend one's knee
- —理屈をつけるto find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
- —理屈と膏薬はどこへでもつくone can give a plausible argument for anything
- —屈托worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
- —屈伏yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
- —屈起standing out from the crowd; dominating; rising abruptly; towering high
- —佶屈bending; twisting; winding; hard to understand; unintelligible; stiff; stilted; awkward
- —へ理屈sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
- —退屈凌ぎkilling time; staving off boredom
- —理屈ぬきwithout any reason; without logic; visceral
- —屈託の無いcarefree; free from worry
- —ひざを屈するto surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; to bend one's knee