矯

Meaning

矯 centers on making something straight or right: rectifying errors, correcting behavior, reforming systems, or curing defects. The senses of controlling, pretending, and falsifying extend from the idea of forcibly adjusting or presenting something as straight when it is not.

• 矯正きょうせい
  N1

  correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)

• 不正を矯めるふせいをためる

  to redress injustice

• 奇矯ききょう

  eccentric

• 奇矯な癖ききょうなへき

  eccentric habit

• 日本矯正歯科学会にっぽんきょうせいしかがっかい

  Japanese Orthodontic Society; JOS

• 枝を矯めるえだをためる

  to straighten a branch

• 歯列矯正しれつきょうせい

  orthodontia; orthodontics

• 歯列矯正器しれつきょうせいき

  (orthodontic) braces

• 歯牙矯正術しがきょうせいじゅつ

  orthodontia

• 歯科矯正学しかきょうせいがく

  orthodontics; orthodontia

• 矯めつ眇めつためつすがめつ

  (scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely

• 矯めるためる

  to straighten; to correct; to cure

• 矯め直すためなおす

  to set up again; to correct; to cure

• 矯味剤きょうみざい

  taste masking agent; flavoring substance

• 矯正協会刑務作業協力事業きょうせいきょうかいけいむさぎょうきょうりょくじぎょう

  Correctional Association Prison Industry Cooperation

• 矯正施設きょうせいしせつ

  correctional facility (for juveniles); juvenile detention centre (center); reformatory

• 矯正歯科きょうせいしか

  orthodontics

• 矯正歯科医きょうせいしかい

  orthodontist

• 矯正職員きょうせいしょくいん

  correctional officer; corrections officer

• 矯正視力きょうせいしりょく

  corrected eyesight

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