Illustration: On a home kitchen counter, a thin wooden cutting board has warped into a pronounced shallow curve, its two ends lifted clear of the flat surface beneath it. A cook presses one raised end with a fingertip, causing the opposite end to tip upward like a tiny seesaw.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

反そる

soru

to warp, to curve

Example sentences

この定規じょうぎは熱ねつで少すこし反そった。
This ruler warped a little in the heat.
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紙かみが乾かわくと、端はじが反そることがある。
The edges of paper sometimes curl as it dries.
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古ふるい棚たなの板いたが反そって、扉とびらが閉しまらない。
A board in the old shelf has warped, so the door won’t close.
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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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