yield, bend, flinch, submit
屈 centers on giving way under pressure: physically bending or crouching, or mentally yielding, flinching, or submitting to a force or authority.
屈 combines 尸 (a bent body or crouching person) with 出 (to go out), suggesting the idea of bending or yielding under pressure. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination fits the meaning well.
A person 尸 is forced to bend and go out 出 of the way, yielding to a stronger force. Picture someone crouching and flinching as they submit.
For クツ, imagine bending down to put on your boots: boots -> クツ, and you have to bend and yield to get them on.
tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous
theory; reason; logic
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
disgrace; humiliation
narrow; tight; cramped
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spineless
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped; bigoted; eccentric
gloomy
to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink
worry; care; concern
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
argumentative