紆余曲折

うよきょくせつ

turns and twists, ups and downs, meandering, complications, vicissitudes

紆余

うよ

meandering, beating around the bush, abundant talent

曲折

きょくせつ

windings, meanderings, complications, twists and turns

曲折アクセント

きょくせつアクセント

circumflex accent

波乱曲折

はらんきょくせつ

very involved and troublesome situation, complicated twists and turns

折曲厳禁

おりまげげんきん

do not fold, do not bend

折れ曲がる

おれまがる

to bend back and forth

折り曲げる

おりまげる

to bend, to turn up, to turn down, to double

経て

へて

through, by way of, after, via

鼻を折る

はなをおる

to humble someone

角を折る

つのをおる

to give in (after initially resisting); to yield; to concede; to break (one's) horn

腰を折る

こしをおる

to interrupt (a story, etc.)

骨を折る

ほねをおる

to make efforts, to take pains

節を折る

せつをおる

to compromise one's principles; to betray one's principles

筆を折る

ふでをおる

to break off writing

我を折る

がをおる わがをおる

to concede a point, to yield, to give in

指を折る

ゆびをおる

to count on one's fingers

程経て

ほどへて

a while later

経てば

たてば

after, in (an amount of time)