🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

折れ曲がり

Pronunciation / Transliteration: oremagari

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kink/kɪŋk/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ホースに折れ曲がりがある。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sharp twist, curl, or bend in a length of wire, rope, hair, or other flexible material.

    "There is a kink in the garden hose that is stopping the water flow."
  2. 2

    An unconventional sexual preference or practice.

    "They openly discussed their boundaries and preferences regarding personal kinks."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the late 16th century, the word likely derives from Low German or Dutch words such as 'kinke', meaning a twist or bend in a rope. Over time, the physical sense of a sharp twist or curl expanded metaphorically to denote a flaw in a plan or system, and later to unconventional sexual preferences.

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