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回りくどい (まわりくどい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

回まわりくどい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

roundabout; circuitous; indirect

Describes speech, explanations, or routes that are unnecessarily long-winded or not straightforward.

彼かれの説せつ明めいはいつも回まわりくどい。
His explanations are always roundabout.
回まわりくどい言いい方かたをしないで、はっきり言

い

っ

て

ください

。

Don't beat around the bush; please say it clearly.

Written forms

回まわりくどいUsage47%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
まわりくどいUsage53%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing.
回まわり諄くどい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 諄 is not a jōyō kanji.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
諄tedious

Similar words

遠とお回まわし
遠回し is a noun/adjectival noun meaning 'indirect' or 'euphemistic', often used for speech, while 回りくどい is an adjective emphasizing tedious lengthiness.
くどい
くどい means 'verbose', 'repetitive', or 'heavy' (taste). 回りくどい specifically adds the nuance of being circuitous or not getting to the point.

Etymology

Compound of 回り (mawari, 'going around') + くどい (kudoi, 'verbose, repetitive'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'roundabout and long-winded'.