婉曲
N1えんきょく enkyoku
- euphemistic
- circumlocution
- roundabout
- indirect
- 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"
}
}