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歪曲 (わいきょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
distortion ; falsification ; perversion
Refers to twisting facts, truth, or meaning in a misleading way. Often used in contexts like 事実の歪曲 (distortion of facts) or 歴史の歪曲 (historical revisionism).
その 記き 事じ は 歴れき 史し の 歪わい 曲きょく だ と 批ひ 判はん さ れ た 。
The article was criticized as a distortion of history.
Written forms 歪わい 曲きょく Usage 97%
わい 曲きょく Usage 3%
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Similar words 曲きょっ 解かい 曲解 means willful misinterpretation or twisting of someone's words, while 歪曲 is broader, covering distortion of facts, truth, or meaning.
捏ねつ 造ぞう 捏造 means outright fabrication or forgery, while 歪曲 implies twisting or misrepresenting existing facts rather than inventing them.
Etymology 歪 (わい, 'distorted, crooked') + 曲 (きょく, 'bend, twist'). The kanji compound literally means 'to bend and twist,' figuratively extended to mean distortion of truth or facts.
