Illustration: In a small bedroom, an adult pulls a cotton shirt from the bottom of an overstuffed overnight bag and holds it open by the shoulders. Dense irregular creases run across the entire garment, the collar folds inward, and one sleeve remains twisted into a stubborn corkscrew.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

くしゃくしゃ

kushakusha

crumpled, tousled

Example sentences

顔かおが涙なみだでくしゃくしゃになった。
His face went to pieces with tears.
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君きみの髪かみは、ほんとにくしゃくしゃに見みえるよ。
Your hair really does look untidy.
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どうしよう！お父とうさんの会社かいしゃの書類しょるいをゴミと間違まちがえてくしゃくしゃにしちゃった！
What should I do! I mistook my father’s company documents for trash and crumpled them!
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