屈 — yield, bend, flinch

Common words with 屈

• 理屈りくつtheory; reason; logicCommon

  彼はその理屈がわからないほどばかではない。
  He is too wise not to see the reason.

• 屈辱くつじょくdisgrace; humiliationCommon

  死ぬ方が屈辱を受けるよりもましだ。
  Death is preferable to dishonor.

• 屈指くっしleading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the bestCommon

  彼女は日本で屈指の優れたテニスの選手であると言っても過言ではない。
  It is not too much to say that she is one of the best tennis players in Japan.

• 屈託くったくworry; care; concernCommon
• 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow; tight; crampedCommon
• 屈折くっせつbending; curving; twisting; turning; windingCommon
• 卑屈ひくつservile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spinelessCommon
• 不屈ふくつpersistence; fortitude; indomitabilityCommon
• 退屈たいくつtedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonousCommon
• 屈服くっぷくyielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbingOccasional
• 屈するくっするto yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrinkOccasional
• 屈強くっきょうrobust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdyOccasional
• 屈伸くっしんbending and stretching; flexing and extendingOccasional
• 理屈屋りくつやargumentative person; captious person; controversialist; quibblerRare
• 理屈に合うりくつにあうto be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold waterRare
• 理屈をつけるりくつをつけるto find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretextRare
• 理屈抜きりくつぬきnot requiring explanation; without needing a reason; no explanation needed; pla…Rare
• 屈辱的くつじょくてきhumiliatingRare
• 屈辱感くつじょくかんsense of humiliationRare
• 屈辱の日くつじょくのひday of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US oc…Rare

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