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婉曲えんきょく

N1
えんきょく enkyoku
  1. euphemistic
  2. circumlocution
  3. roundabout
  4. indirect
  5. insinuating
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

委婉;含蓄

Examples

  • 彼は婉曲な表現で断った。
    He declined using indirect language.
    他用委婉的措辞拒绝了。
  • 婉曲に意見を伝える。
    Express an opinion indirectly.
    委婉地表达意见。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('93fe84e748'); // 婉曲
{
  "id": "93fe84e748",
  "word": "婉曲",
  "reading": "えんきょく",
  "romaji": "enkyoku",
  "meanings": [
    "euphemistic",
    "circumlocution",
    "roundabout",
    "indirect",
    "insinuating"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1566060,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は婉曲な表現で断った。",
      "en": "He declined using indirect language."
    },
    {
      "ja": "婉曲に意見を伝える。",
      "en": "Express an opinion indirectly."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "c9324df0de51744ddb9c271844ad0f31f8d52edbe6a9899feb6d4a86cff5863d",
    "meanings": [
      "委婉",
      "含蓄"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は婉曲な表現で断った。",
        "zh": "他用委婉的措辞拒绝了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "婉曲に意見を伝える。",
        "zh": "委婉地表达意见。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/93fe84e748",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1566060; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "e8f736ab2d502c5562e0c3dae8329f4fecde49099de3799b7133195704fa1266",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}