紆余曲折

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
紆 余 曲 折
う
Hyōgaiji 		よ
Grade: 5 		きょく
Grade: 3 		せつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
紆餘曲折 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 紆余(うよ) (uyo, “meandering”) + 曲折(きょくせつ) (kyokusetsu, “twists and turns”)

Pronunciation

Noun

紆(う)余(よ)曲(きょく)折(せつ) • (uyokyokusetsu) 

  1. twists and turns; meandering complications; vicissitudes of life

Verb

紆(う)余(よ)曲(きょく)折(せつ)する • (uyokyokusetsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 紆(う)余(よ)曲(きょく)折(せつ)し (uyokyokusetsu shi), past 紆(う)余(よ)曲(きょく)折(せつ)した (uyokyokusetsu shita))

  1. to make twists and turns; to undergo complications

Conjugation

Conjugation of "紆余曲折する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 紆余曲折し うよきょくせつし uyokyokusetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 紆余曲折し うよきょくせつし uyokyokusetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 紆余曲折する うよきょくせつする uyokyokusetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 紆余曲折する うよきょくせつする uyokyokusetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 紆余曲折すれ うよきょくせつすれ uyokyokusetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 紆余曲折せよ¹
紆余曲折しろ² 		うよきょくせつせよ¹
うよきょくせつしろ² 		uyokyokusetsu seyo¹
uyokyokusetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 紆余曲折される うよきょくせつされる uyokyokusetsu sareru
Causative 紆余曲折させる
紆余曲折さす 		うよきょくせつさせる
うよきょくせつさす 		uyokyokusetsu saseru
uyokyokusetsu sasu
Potential 紆余曲折できる うよきょくせつできる uyokyokusetsu dekiru
Volitional 紆余曲折しよう うよきょくせつしよう uyokyokusetsu shiyō
Negative 紆余曲折しない うよきょくせつしない uyokyokusetsu shinai
Negative continuative 紆余曲折せず うよきょくせつせず uyokyokusetsu sezu
Formal 紆余曲折します うよきょくせつします uyokyokusetsu shimasu
Perfective 紆余曲折した うよきょくせつした uyokyokusetsu shita
Conjunctive 紆余曲折して うよきょくせつして uyokyokusetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 紆余曲折すれば うよきょくせつすれば uyokyokusetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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