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婉曲表現

えんきょくひょうげん
euphemism; euphemistic expression
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婉曲法

えんきょくほう
euphemism; periphrasis; circumlocution
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湾曲部

わんきょくぶ
bend; flexure
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舞文曲筆

ぶぶんきょくひつ
twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
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八尺瓊勾玉

八坂瓊曲玉、八尺瓊曲玉、八尺瓊の勾玉
やさかにのまがたま
large jewel; string of jewels; Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
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嘴曲千鳥

はしまがりちどり、ハシマガリチドリ
wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
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本曲

ほんきょく
var. of traditional shakuhachi music
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捩じ曲がる

ねじ曲がる
v5r
ねじまがる
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
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撓曲

とうきょく
flexure
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紆余曲折を経て

exp
うよきょくせつをへて
after many twists and turns; after much trouble