Illustration: In a Japanese community gym, a rhythmic gymnast sweeps a ribbon wand slowly across their body, sending the long ribbon into a broad, smooth S-shaped curve suspended above the floor. Their supporting foot is planted and their gaze follows the ribbon’s bending path.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

曲きょく線せん

kyokusen

curve

Example sentences

  1. 新幹線しんかんせんの先頭車両せんとうしゃりょうの曲線きょくせんは、職人しょくにんがひとつひとつ手作業てさぎょうで仕上しあげています。

    A craftsman manually adds the finishing touches to each curve of a bullet train’s lead car.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 「車購入くるまこうにゅうの決きめ手てとなったのは、ズバリ何なにですか?」「車体しゃたいの曲線きょくせん美びに惚ほれました!」

    "What exactly made you decide to buy the car?" "I fell in love with those beautiful curves along its body!"

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 弓ゆみの全長ぜんちょうは直線距離ちょくせんきょりではなく、弓ゆみの曲線きょくせんに沿そった長ながさを測はかる。

    The length of the bow is not the direct distance from end to end of the bow but measured along the curve of the bow.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 曲線

  • 曲bend; musicOnキョクKunまがる・まげる・くま
  • 線line; trackOnセンKunすじ

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