Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 偏屈(へんくつ) in Japanese

偏屈, 偏窟, 変屈
Kana Reading
へんくつ
Romaji
henkutsu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    eccentricity; bigotry; obstinacy
    Example sentence
    偏屈な奴とまともに話し合っても無駄だ。 It is useless to reason with a bigot.

Examples of 偏屈, 偏窟, 変屈, へんくつ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

屈 JLPT 1

8 strokes

yield, bend, flinch, submit

On'Yomi: クツ

Kun'Yomi: かが.む, かが.める

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偏 JLPT 1

11 strokes

partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased

On'Yomi: ヘン

Kun'Yomi: かたよ.る

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変 JLPT 3

9 strokes

unusual, change, strange

On'Yomi: ヘン

Kun'Yomi: か.わる, か.わり, か.える

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窟

13 strokes

cavern

On'Yomi: クツ, コツ

Kun'Yomi: いわや, いはや, あな

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