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Keyword
bend
  • yield
  • flinch
  • submit
Frequency
#1434
Strokes
8
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1140
Readings
クツ100%
Mnemonic
A corpse with a flag crawls through the exit of a low cave, forced to bend double to squeeze outside.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
退たい屈くつ
tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
Na-adjective
理り屈くつ
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext
Noun
屈くつ辱じょく
disgrace; humiliation
Noun
屈くっ指し
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
No-adjective
窮きゅう屈くつ
narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid; constrained; uncomfortable; …
Na-adjective
屈くっ託たく
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
Noun
屈くっ折せつ
bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
Noun
屈くっ強きょう
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
Na-adjective
屈くっ服ぷく
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
Noun
不ふ屈くつ
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
Noun
屈くっする
to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower
Suru verb
卑ひ屈くつ
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spineless
Na-adjective
屁へ理り屈くつ
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
Noun
屈くっ曲きょく
crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion
Noun
偏へん屈くつ
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped; bigoted; eccentric
Na-adjective
屈くっ伸しん
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
Noun
理り屈くつっぽい
argumentative
I-adjective
屈かがむ
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
Godan verb
屈狸くずり
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
Noun
屈くっ筋きん
flexor (muscle)
Noun
屈くっ起き
standing out from the crowd; dominating; rising abruptly; towering high
Noun
屈くつ従じゅう
servile submission; subservience
Noun