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N1 う-verb (む), Intransitive verb

歪(ゆが)むto warp, to swerve, to deflect, to be crooked, to be distorted, to be bent, to incline, to slant, to be perverted, to be gross-grained, to get bent, to be strained

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    1. う-verb (む), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to warp, to bend, to contort

      2. 2.

        to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained

    All Forms

    歪む 【ゆがむ】、歪む 【いがむ】

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      • ゆ

      • が

      • む

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      障子(しょうじ)が湿気(しっけ)のせいで歪(ゆが)みました。

      My shoji doors warped from the humidity.

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      僕(ぼく)は自分(じぶん)の歪(ゆが)んだ根性(こんじょう)を叩(たた)き直(なお)したいです。

      I want to fix my crooked character.

      • N1

      銃弾(じゅうだん)が太(ふと)ももを貫通(かんつう)した時(とき)、痛(いた)みで顔(かお)が歪(ゆが)んだ。

      When the bullet tore through his thigh, his face warped in pain.

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      爆風(ばくふう)で窓(まど)枠(わく)が歪(ゆが)んだとあって、窓(まど)が完全(かんぜん)には閉(し)まりません。

      The blast warped the window frame, so it won't shut all the way.

      • N1

      モノの見方(みかた)が歪(ゆが)んでいる彼(かれ)はいかなる幼少(ようしょう)期(き)を過(す)ごしたのだろう？

      What kind of childhood leads someone to have such a distorted view of the world?

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