屈くっ折せつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

bending; curving; twisting

Physical bending or curving of something, such as a road, light, or a joint. Can be used as a noun or intransitive verb (屈折する).

• この道みちは急きゅうに屈くっ折せつしている。

  This road bends sharply.

• 光ひかりが水すい中ちゅうで屈くっ折せつする。

  Light refracts in water.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

distortion; warping; twisting

Metaphorical bending or distortion of feelings, logic, or personality. Often used in psychological or critical contexts.

• 彼かれの考かんがえ方かたは屈くっ折せつしている。

  His way of thinking is twisted.

• 感かん情じょうの屈くっ折せつが行こう動どうに現あらわれる。

  Distortions of emotion show up in behavior.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

refraction

Scientific term for the bending of light or other waves when passing through different media. Often used in physics contexts.

• プリズムによる光ひかりの屈くっ折せつを観かん察さつした。

  We observed the refraction of light through a prism.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

inflection

Linguistics term for the change in form of a word to express grammatical features such as tense, case, or number.

• 日本にほん語ごの動どう詞しの屈くっ折せつは比ひ較かく的てき規き則そく的てきだ。

  Japanese verb inflection is relatively regular.