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    3. 屈折

    屈折

    屈くっ折せつ

    bending

    N1KMT10News #33+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    くっせつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    bending, curving, twisting, turning, winding
    2.
    warping (of feelings, logic, etc.), distortion, twisting
    3.
    refraction
    4.
    inflection
    linguistics

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    光ひかりは水すい中ちゅうで屈くっ折せつする。

    Light refracts in water.

    KMT8Science & Math
    彼かれの屈くっ折せつした性せい格かくは、幼よう少しょう期きの経けい験けんから来きている。

    His warped personality stems from his childhood experiences.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    プリズムを通とおすと、光ひかりは様さま々ざまな色いろに屈くっ折せつする。

    When passing through a prism, light refracts into various colors.

    KMT10Science & Math
    音おん波ぱも光ひかりと同おなじように、異ことなる媒ばい体たいを通つう過かする際さいに屈くっ折せつする。

    Sound waves, like light, also refract when passing through different mediums.

    KMT10Science & Math
    社しゃ会かいの不ふ公こう平へいが、彼かれの心こころに屈くっ折せつを生うみ出だした。

    Social injustice created a distortion in his heart.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    屈
    かが.む・かが.める…(2)
    yield・bend・flinch・submit
    折
    お.る・おり・お.り・-お.り・お.れる…(3)
    fold・break・fracture・bend・yield…(1)
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