曲説

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょく
Grade: 3
せつ
Grade: 4
kan'on
Alternative spelling
曲說 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 曲說 (MC khjowk sywet, literally “bent + explanation”), although possibly a borrowing from written Chinese 曲說 / 曲说 (qūshuō). First cited to a text from 1768.

Pronunciation

Noun

(きょく)(せつ) (kyokusetsuきよくせつ (kyokusetu)?

  1. a bent or biased explanation or theory of something: a distortion, a twisted account of something

Verb

(きょく)(せつ)する (kyokusetsu suruきよくせつ (kyokusetu)?suru (stem (きょく)(せつ) (kyokusetsu shi), past (きょく)(せつ)した (kyokusetsu shita))

  1. to explain or theorize about something in a bent or biased manner: to distort or twist a description of something

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN