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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

歪ゆがめる

yugameru

to distort, to twist the truth

Example sentences

一部いちぶの新聞しんぶんはそのニュースを歪ゆがめて報道ほうどうした。
Some newspapers distorted the news.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
この喜多見きたみをはじめとする側用人そばようにんたちが法令ほうれいのそもそもの意味いみを歪ゆがめて発令はつれいしたと主張しゅちょうする者ものもいる。
Some people insist that lord chamberlains including Kitami issued ordinances distorting the spirit of the law.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
彼かれは自分じぶんに都合つごうのいいように、事実じじつを歪ゆがめた。
He distorted the facts to suit himself.
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Kanji in 歪

歪warp; bendOnワイ・エKunいがむ・いびつ・ゆがむ

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