Illustration: In a home workshop, a person tries to replace the wooden lid of a rectangular storage box after it has dried unevenly beside a heater. One corner touches the box while the opposite corner rises conspicuously into the air. The lid's formerly straight surface now twists across its width.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

歪ゆがむ

yugamu

to warp, to contort

Also read いがむ, less commonly. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 仏頂面ぶっちょうづらが歪ゆがむ

    contort one’s face in a sullen look

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. アスファルトから立たち上のぼる陽炎かげろうが、遠とおくの景色けしきを歪ゆがませている。

    Heat haze rising from the asphalt is distorting the distant scenery.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. あなたの夢ゆめは私わたしの悪夢あくむと同おなじくらい歪ゆがんでいる。

    Your dreams are as twisted as my nightmares.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 歪

  • 歪warp; bendOnワイ・エKunいがむ・いびつ・ゆがむ

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