弓ゆみなり

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bow shape; arc; arch

Describes something curved like a bow; often used with ～になる or ～に曲がる. Common in everyday descriptions of shapes.

• 道みちが弓ゆみなりに曲まがっている。

  The road curves in a bow shape.

• 彼かの女じょの眉まゆは弓ゆみなりだ。

  Her eyebrows are arched like a bow.

noun

segment of a circle

Only with reading ゆみがた / きゅうけい

Mathematical term for the region bounded by a chord and the corresponding arc. Restricted to the readings ゆみがた and きゅうけい.

• 弓ゆみ形がたの面めん積せきを求もとめる公こう式しきを覚おぼえた。

  I memorized the formula for the area of a circular segment.