拗

Meaning

拗 centers on something being physically or metaphorically bent out of shape: crooked, twisted, distorted, or perverted. The sense of 'cross' (as in cross-grained or contrary) extends naturally from stubborn twistedness.

• 執拗いしつこい
  N3

  insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious

• 執拗しつよう

  persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn

• 拗れこじれ

  complications; tangle

• 拗ねるすねる
  N1

  to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

• 拗れるこじれる
  N1

  to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

• 拗らせるこじらせる
  N1

  to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

• 拗けるねじける

  to curve; to twist; to be rebellious

• 拗ね者すねもの

  perverse individual; cynic; misanthrope

• 拗らすこじらす

  to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate

• 拗音ようおん

  contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound

• 開拗音かいようおん

  contracted sound

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