Illustration: In a small woodworking shop, a carpenter crouches to inspect a wooden board resting on a perfectly flat workbench. Both ends touch the bench, but the middle arches upward, leaving a conspicuous gap beneath it. A straight metal rule lies alongside for comparison.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

反そり

sori

curve, bend

Example sentences

  1. 建物たてもののデザインにあうように、反そりやむくりを付つけたり、全まったくの直線ちょくせんに造つくることもある。

    Some gable boards have curves or arches to suit the design of the building and some are straight.

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

  2. 壁かべの材質ざいしつ、色いろ、屋根やねの葺ふき方かた、屋根やねの反そり、などをほぼ統一とういつすることで、一体化いったいかした美観びかんを作つくることもできた。

    Integrating materials and colors of walls, roofing and the curves of a roof, create unified beauty.

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

  3. 反そりも少すこし有ある。

    It also has some curve.

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

Kanji in 反

  • 反anti-Onハン・ホン・タンKunそる・そらす・かえす

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