いびつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いびつ – see the following entry.
【飯櫃】
[adjective] 歪: [from 1698] oblong, oval, oval-shaped
[adjective] 歪: [from 1809] abnormal or warped of action, state, or character; strange, deviant
[adjective] 歪: [from 1893] crooked, (physically) deformed, warped, abnormal
[noun] [from 1561] (rare) a rice tub: a traditional wooden and hooped tub for holding cooked grain (usually rice)
[noun] [from 1698] (rare) an oblong, an oval, an oval shape, an ellipse
[noun] [from 1739] (archaic, rare, dated) a 小判 (koban, “oval gold coin”) or similarly shaped coin
[noun] 歪: [from 1893] a deformity, a warpage, an abnormality; something deformed, warped, or abnormal
Alternative spelling
歪
(This term, いびつ (ibitsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いびつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いびつ.)
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