旋毛曲がり

つむじ曲がり

Reading

Kana: つむじまがり

Romaji: tsumujimagari

Definition

adj-na

noun

1

perversity; cantankerous; eccentric

Kanji

旋

Reading: セン

Meanings: rotation, go around

毛

Readings: モウ、 け

Meanings: fur, hair, feather, down

曲

Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま

Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)はつむじ曲(ま)がりだ。

➥He is a screwball.

なんてつむじ曲(ま)がりなやつだ。

➥What a crank he is!