Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 旋毛曲がり(つむじまがり) in Japanese

旋毛曲がり, つむじ曲がり
Kana Reading
つむじまがり
Romaji
tsumujimagari
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    perversity; cantankerous; eccentric
    Example sentence
    なんてつむじ曲がりなやつだ。 What a crank he is!

Examples of 旋毛曲がり, つむじ曲がり, つむじまがり in a sentence

  • なんてつむじ曲がりなやつだ。

    What a crank he is!

  • 彼はつむじ曲がりだ。

    He is a screwball.

Kanji in this word

旋 JLPT 1

11 strokes

rotation, go around

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi:

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毛 JLPT 2

4 strokes

fur, hair, feather, down

On'Yomi: モウ

Kun'Yomi: け

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曲 JLPT 3

6 strokes

bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

On'Yomi: キョク

Kun'Yomi: ま.がる, ま.げる, くま

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