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湾曲

彎曲、 弯曲、 わん曲

Reading

Kana: わんきょく
Romaji: wankyoku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
vs
adj-no
1

curve; bend; crook

Kanji

湾
Readings: ワン、 いりえ
Meanings: gulf, bay, inlet
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
彎
Readings: ワン、 ひ.く
Meanings: curve, stretching a bow
弯
Readings: ワン、 ひ.く
Meanings: curve, stretching a bow

Example Sentence

城(しろ)からそのふもとをゆるやかに湾曲(わんきょく)して流(なが)れる川(かわ)全体(ぜんたい)が見(み)えました。
➥From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.
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