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矯: straighten

straighten; correct
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Readings

On
キョウ
Kun
ためる

きょう: 矯正(きょうせい) "correction", 歯列矯正(しれつきょうせい) "orthodontics", 奇矯(ききょう) "eccentric". 矯める(ためる) "straighten".

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Key words

矯正きょうせいcorrection; straightening
歯列矯正しれつきょうせいorthodontic braces
奇矯ききょうeccentric; odd
矯めるためるto straighten; to correct

Example sentences

I started orthodontic correction a year ago to fix my bite.

The people around him were startled by his eccentric behavior.

"Straightening the horn and killing the ox" means ruining the whole by trying to fix a small flaw.

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