屈

Meanings

yield, bend, flinch, submit

ES: doblar, torcer, curvar, rendirse, encogerse, someter

Common words

• 退屈たいくつtedious, boring, dull, uninteresting, tiresome, monotonous
• 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow, tight, cramped
• 屈折くっせつbending, curving, twisting, turning, winding
• 理屈りくつtheory, reason, logic
• 屈指くっしleading, foremost, preeminent, outstanding, one of the best
• 屈辱くつじょくdisgrace, humiliation
• 屈託くったくworry, care, concern
• 卑屈ひくつservile, subservient, obsequious, slavish, self-abasing, grovelling, spineless

Example sentences

• 彼女かのじょはこの小説しょうせつに退屈たいくつしています。

  She is bored with this novel.

  Ella está aburrida de esta novela.

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• 非ひの打うち所どころがない計画けいかくは、窮屈きゅうくつだなあ。

  A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?

  Un plan sin fallos es asfixiante, ¿no es así?

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• 彼女の理屈には全く面食らった。

  I was completely taken aback by her reasoning.

  Quedé completamente desconcertado por su razonamiento.

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• 彼の説明はまったく理屈に合わない。

  His explanation doesn't make sense at all.

  Su explicación no tiene sentido en absoluto.

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