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婉曲えんきょく (enkyoku)

euphemistic, circumlocution, roundabout, indirect, insinuating

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Meaning

婉曲 (えんきょく, enkyoku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “euphemistic, circumlocution, roundabout, indirect, insinuating”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 8

彼女かのじょは彼かれの誘さそいを婉曲えんきょくに断ことわった

She declined his invitation in an indirect way.

時には婉曲な言い回しをした方がよい.

It sometimes helps to say things in a roundabout way.

「発展途上国」ということばは「後進国」の婉曲表現だ.

The phrase ‘developing countries' is a euphemism for ‘underdeveloped countries.'

「もはやいない」は「死んでいる」を婉曲に言ったものだ.

‘Be no more' is a euphemism for ‘be dead.'

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